Parascapular mass revealing primary tuberculosis of the posterior arch.
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Date publication
août 2016
Journal
Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr LOFFROY Romaric, Pr ORNETTI Paul
Tous les auteurs :
Arbault A, Ornetti P, Loffroy R, Chevallier O, Avril J, Pottecher P
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Résumé
We report the case of a parascapular abscess revealing primary tuberculosis of the posterior arch in a 31-year-old man. Sectional imaging is essential in order to detect the different lesions of this atypical spinal tuberculosis as osteolysis of the posterior arch extendible to vertebral body, osteocondensation, epidural extension which is common in this location, and high specificity of a zygapophysial, costo-vertebral or transverse arthritis.
Référence
Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2016 Aug;6(4):454-456