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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Chest wall tuberculosis in children: a mimicker of bone tumour.

Muthuvel Balasubramaniyan, Sanjay Verma, Sumeet Rajendra Dhawan, Akshay Kumar Saxena

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Chest wall tumor tuberculosis in Indonesian adolescent: A rare case.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muthuvel BalasubramaniyanDepartment of Paediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Sanjay VermaDepartment of Paediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India sanjay06verma@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-2325
Sumeet Rajendra DhawanDepartment of Paediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Akshay Kumar SaxenaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarticular tuberculosis of flat bones of the chest wall such as sternum, scapula and rib is extremely rare in children. Because of its atypical clinical presentation mimicking malignant bone tumours, diagnosis remains a challenge. Histological and microbiological diagnosis remains confirmatory. Antitubercular therapy is the cornerstone in management.

Indexed as

Bone NeoplasmsThoracic WallTuberculosis, OsteoarticularAntitubercular AgentsChildHumansSternumAntitubercular Agentsbone and joint infectionspaediatric oncologytuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID33888483
PMCPMC8070852
OpenAlexW3154844892

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