Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society

Year 2018, Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 1-5

https://doi.org/10.26715/jbms.2_10072018

Case Report

Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Lumbar Spine with Discharging Sinus

Rawan Al Agha1*, Safa Al Khawaja2, Mai Mattar3, Ahmed Serooti4

Author Affiliation

1Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Salmaniya Medical Complex, P. O. Box 4025, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

2Consultant, Infectious Disease Unit, Head of Department of Secondary Care Infection Control, Salmaniya Medical Complex, P. O. Box 4025, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

3Consultant and Head of Department of Radiology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, P. O. Box 4025, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

4Senior Radiology Resident, Salmaniya Medical Complex, P. O. Box 4025, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

*Corresponding author: Rawan Al Agha, Infectious Diseases Unit/Internal Medicine Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex, 4025, Manama, Bahrain. Tel.:+97339476070, Email: r_alagha@hotmail.com

Received date: May 09, 2018 ; Accepted date: July 10, 2018; Published date: September 03, 2018


Abstract

Skeletal tuberculosis accounts for about 2–5% of all tuberculosis (TB) cases. We present a 29-year-old non-Bahraini female diagnosed tohave complicated form of Pott’s disease, who presented with discharging sinus accompanied with worsening back pain without any history of weight loss, fatigue, anorexia, fever, or night sweat and without pulmonary involvement or any neurological complication. Further radiological investigation revealed extensive involvement of lumbosacral vertebrae, soft tissue, and muscle through the tuberculous process.