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A Six-year-old Girl With a Non-tender Cheek Swelling.
- Source :
- Clinical Infectious Diseases; 1/15/2023, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p365-367, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The article describes the case of a six-year-old girl diagnosed with tuberculosis osteomyelitis of the zygomatic arch. The patient presented with non-tender soft tissue swelling on the right cheek. Topics covered include the results of the examination, other potential differential diagnoses and the treatment of zygomatic tuberculosis disease. It also cites how the case illustrates the challenge of diagnosing rare presentations of tuberculosis.
- Subjects :
- OSTEOMYELITIS diagnosis
C-reactive protein
THREE-dimensional imaging
STAINS & staining (Microscopy)
PYRAZINAMIDE
POSTOPERATIVE care
MAGNETIC resonance imaging
TUBERCULOSIS of the bones
TREATMENT effectiveness
ISONIAZID
OSTEOMYELITIS
LEUKOCYTE count
MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis
JOINT tuberculosis
COMPUTED tomography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10584838
- Volume :
- 76
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161313969
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac260