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Volume 21 |
October December 2005 |
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An unusual presentation of
Tuberculosis of Iliac BoneIshtiaq Ahmed Chaudhary, Samiullah & Ashraf Ali Mallhi
Summary:
Tuberculous osteomyelitis is not uncommon but isolated involvement of bone other than spine or joints is a rare entity. An unusual presentation of tuberculous osteomyelitis of iliac bone seen as a buttock abscess and abscess in right iliac fossa simultaneously having communication through a defect in the iliac crest is presented.
KEY WORDS: Tuberculosis, Osteomyelitis, Iliac bone, Abscess
Pak J Med Sci October-December 2005 Vol. 21 No. 4 489-490
Correspondence
Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed Chaudhary
Foundation University Medical College,
Rawalpindi.
E-mail: surgish2000@yahoo.com
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