Tuberculosis of the pubic symphysis: four unusual cases and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) has increased in the chemotherapeutic era owing to the increasing presence of immunodeficiency disorders. Pubic symphysis TB, although uncommon, is again important as these infections once were in the prechemotherapeutic era.

Case description

We present the cases of four patients with pubic symphysis TB in which one patient had a horseshoe-shaped abscess in the pubic region and another had a double lesion of the pelvis leading to vertical shear-type pathologic displacement. Three patients were diagnosed by cytology and PCR. These patients were treated successfully with antituberculosis treatment with or without minimal surgical intervention despite their late presentation and advanced disease. The fourth patient re

SUBMITTER: Lal H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3773122 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature