SKELETAL TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIAS:A RARE CASE REPORT

Dr.Deep Jyoti Kalita; Dr.Barnali Das

Volume : V, Issue : XII, December - 2015

SKELETAL TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIAS:A RARE CASE REPORT

Dr. Deep Jyoti Kalita, Dr. Barnali Das

Abstract :

Tuberculosis is a pandemic and is among top 10 killer infectious diseases,second only to the HIV.It has a worthy reputation as one of the greatest mimicks in medicine with a multitude of clinical pictures and variation.Skeletal Tuberculosis accounts for 1–2% of all TB cases and 10% of all extrapulmonary cases;as such it is not common. We present here a case report of an elderly female with atypical clinical features of Skeletal tuberculosis.The patient presentation,laboratory and radiological findings were highly confusing and a definitive diagnosis was made only after a histopathological examination.