Sternal tuberculosis in a patient with chronic kidney disease

M Yadla; S Reddy; P Sriramnaveen; CK Kishore; A. V. S. S. N Sridhar; AY Lakshmi; B Vijayalakshmi; B Phanindra; V Sivakumar

doi:10.4103/0971-4065.107210

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Year : 2013 | Volume : 23 | Issue : 1 | Page : 57-58

Sternal tuberculosis in a patient with chronic kidney disease

M Yadla, S Reddy, P Sriramnaveen, CK Kishore, A. V. S. S. N Sridhar, AY Lakshmi, B Vijayalakshmi, B Phanindra, V Sivakumar
Departments of Nephrology, Radiology, and Pathology, Srivenkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

Correspondence Address:
M Yadla
Department of Nephrology, Srivenkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh - 517 501
India

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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.107210

Sternum is generally regarded as resistant to infections and thus is an infrequent site of osteomyelitis. Involvement of sternum by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rare. Sternal tuberculosis in chronic kidney disease (CKD) was not reported till date. We report a 40-year-old patient with stage IV CKD, who presented with sternal and cervical lymphnodal tuberculosis.

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