Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2015

Primary Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of Skull–A Rare Presentation

Dr. Tapobrata De, Dr. Santosh Kondekar, Dr. Surbhi Rathi

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In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in number of reports of tuberculosis from uncommon sites. Skeletal tuberculosis constitutes about 1% of all tuberculosis cases. Usually spine and limb bones are involved. However calvarial tuberculosis has been reported very rarely in world literature till now. We are reporting a case of primary tuberculous osteomyelitis of sphenoid and frontal bones in a 4year–old boy. With prompt as well as careful workup we were able to establish the diagnosis and with appropriate surgical intervention and anti–tubercular treatment, we were able to halt the disease progression and excellent response to treatment was observed on follow up.

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Dr. Tapobrata De, Dr. Santosh Kondekar, Dr. Surbhi Rathi Primary Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of Skull -A Rare Presentation International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 3 March 2015

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