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Volume 21

October December 2005

Number 4


 

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An unusual presentation of
Tuberculosis of Iliac Bone

Ishtiaq 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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