Abstract
Isolated tuberculosis of the sacrum in a 43-year-old woman manifested as functional impairment of the right lower limb. Sacral tuberculosis is rare in patients with no history of tuberculosis. Another unusual feature was the tumor-like aspect of the lesion, with diffuse, ill-defined osteolysis of a large part of the sacrum and extension to the presacral soft tissues responsible for rectal displacement.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
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Chordoma / diagnosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Female
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Humans
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Isoniazid / therapeutic use
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Osteolysis / diagnostic imaging
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Osteolysis / etiology
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Osteolysis / pathology
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Rifampin / therapeutic use
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Sacrum / diagnostic imaging
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Sacrum / pathology*
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Sacrum / surgery
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Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Tuberculosis, Spinal / diagnosis*
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Tuberculosis, Spinal / diagnostic imaging
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Tuberculosis, Spinal / drug therapy
Substances
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Antitubercular Agents
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Isoniazid
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Rifampin