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Extensive calvarial tuberculosis: rare complication of tuberculous mastoiditis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

M. A. Thandar ,
J. J. Fagan  and
M. Garb
M. A. Thandar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
J. J. Fagan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
M. Garb
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Abstract

Tuberculous mastoiditis is a well-documented entity with decreasing incidence in recent years. Tuberculous osteitis of the skull is even rarer. The case of a 58-year-old male with tuberculous mastoiditis complicated by extensive tuberculous osteitis of the skullis presented. This case serves to demonstrate both the difficulty in establishing the diagnosis of tuberculosis and the potentially disastrous consequences of the disease.

Keywords

MastoiditisTuberculosisOsteitis
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 118 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 65 - 68
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2004

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