TUBERCULOSIS OF STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT: A RARE PRESENTATION OF COMMON DISEASE

  • Dr. Bhupen Barman Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya.
  • Dr. Tony Ete Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya.
  • Dr. Ojing Komut Senior Resident, Department of Surgery North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya.
  • Dr. Hage Nobin Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya.
  • Dr Sumantro Mondal Resident, Department of Medicine, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata
Keywords: Sternoclavicular joint swelling, Cytology, Tuberculosis

Abstract

Tuberculosis of sternoclavicular joint is very rare accounting for 1% of all peripheral tuberculous arthritis. Sternoclavicular joint arthritis is rare and is most often due to staphylococcus aureus. Here we are reporting a case who presented with swelling of right sternoclavicular joint with non-specific signs and symptoms later diagnosed to be a case of sternoclavicular joint tuberculosis. He was treated and cured with an antitubercular regimen.

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Barman B, Ete T, Komut O, Nobin H, Mondal S. TUBERCULOSIS OF STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT: A RARE PRESENTATION OF COMMON DISEASE. Med. res. chronicles [Internet]. 2015Jul.30 [cited 2024May5];2(4):517-20. Available from: https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/115
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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2015): Jul-Aug
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Case Study