Calvarial tuberculosis: two cases in children
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https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062068%20Palabras clave:
Tuberculosis, Calvarial tuberculosis, Children, Skeletal tuberculosis, Extrapulmonar tuberculosisResumen
Tuberculosis of the skull or calvarial tuberculosis (CTB) is rare. The literature until 2019 reported less than 60 cases of CTB in childhood. The authors describe two patients with CTB associated with other manifestations of TB, such as: spine and rib injuries, peripheral adenopathy, hepatic and splenic involvement who improved with chemotherapy. The patients were a four-year-old and an eight-year-old child, whose diagnoses were confirmed by histopathological, bacteriological or molecular investigation. Both were not infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and did not need orthopedic treatment.
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