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Tuberculosis of the sternum presenting as metastatic disease.
  1. E M Mulloy
  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

    Abstract

    The case is presented of a 59 year old Saudi Arabian woman with sternal and vertebral tuberculous osteomyelitis and a benign breast mass simulating metastatic disease. This case illustrates the diagnostic difficulties that may be encountered in the diagnosis of tuberculous osteomyelitis.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.50.11.1223

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