A rare presentation of combination of sternal cold abscess and sub diaphragmatic abscess with miliary tuberculosis.

Dr. Diguvinti Sreeramulu; Dr. D.Srinivasulu; Dr. M.Sohail Malik; Dr. Pushpalatha; Dr.Rajni

Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2015

A rare presentation of combination of sternal cold abscess and sub diaphragmatic abscess with miliary tuberculosis.

Dr. Diguvinti Sreeramulu, Dr. D. Srinivasulu, Dr. M. Sohail Malik, Dr. Pushpalatha, Dr. Rajni

Abstract :

Tuberculosis (TB) can disseminate to almost every organ after a primary infection or reactivation of latent foci. osteoarticular tb account for approximately 10 percent of extra pulmonary tb1.while spine is the most common site for osteo articular tb. osteomyelitis of sternum is rare.In clinical series the reported incidence is 1% of all bone and joint tb cases2.A sub diaphragmatic abscess secondary to tb is very rarely reported in literature.A combination of sternal cold abscess,subdiaphragmatic abscess with miliary tb is not reported in literature.Here we report a case of combination of subdiaphragmatic abscess and sternal abscess with miliary tb.