Isolated chest wall tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients

Do Kyun Kang; Min Kyun Kang; Ji-Yeon Kim

doi:10.1002/rcr2.931

Isolated chest wall tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients

Respirol Case Rep. 2022 Mar 10;10(4):e0931. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.931. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Do Kyun Kang¹, Min Kyun Kang¹, Ji-Yeon Kim²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine Busan Korea.
² Department of Pathology Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine Busan Korea.

Abstract
in English, Danish

Chest computed tomography scan demonstrated inflammatory lesion in and around the right sixth rib costochondral junction.

We recommend that even in immunocompetent patients, tuberculosis should be considered in the diagnosis of isolated slow‐growing inflammatory lesion of chest wall.

Keywords: chest wall tuberculosis; rib tuberculosis.

Abstract in English, Danish

Abstract
in English, Danish