Like a shot-through manubrium: A rare presentation of skeletal tuberculosis

Tomohiro Fujiwara; Hiroyuki Yanai; Hideharu Hagiya

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7119

Like a shot-through manubrium: A rare presentation of skeletal tuberculosis

Clin Case Rep. 2023 May 1;11(5):e7119. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7119. eCollection 2023 May.

Authors

Tomohiro Fujiwara¹, Hiroyuki Yanai², Hideharu Hagiya³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama 700-8558 Japan.
² Department of Diagnostic Pathology Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama 700-8558 Japan.
³ Department of General Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama 700-8558 Japan.

Abstract

A 22-year-old Vietnamese woman presented with anterior chest swelling. Computed tomography revealed an osteolytic lesion in the manubrium, whereas MRI showed an extra-osseous expansion. A needle biopsy showed granuloma formation, whereas a 3-week mycobacterial culture indicated Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Manubrium/sternum involvement in tuberculosis is extremely rare but should be considered.

Keywords: manubrium; sternal infection; tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports