Table 2.
Radiological findings, clinical presentation, surgery and secondary deformities in patients presenting with musculoskeletal TB
| Sex | Age | CO | Location | Imaging | Lung | BME | Bone Destr | Path. Fx | Soft Tissue | Abscess | Spinal Canal | TBC Arthritis | No of Bones | Major Symptoms | Biopsy | Surgery | Sec. Deform | FUP months (status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 69 | A | Tibia | MR | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | NA | Y | 2 | S (P) | N | Y | Y | 2 (DOC) |
| F | 74 | A | MCP1 | MR, RTG | N | Y | Y | N | Y | N | NA | Y | 2 | S (P) | N | Y | Y | 47 (NED) |
| M | 39 | I | SC joint | CT, SONO, RTG, MR | Lymph- adenopathy | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | NA | Y | 2 | T (S) | Ya | N | Y | 61 (NED) |
| F | 81 | A | Femur | RTG | N | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Y | 1 | F (S) | N | Y | N | 69 (DOC) |
| M | 19 | NG | Elbow | RTG | Post specific changes | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | NA | Y | 2 | S (P) | N | Y | N | 15 (NED) |
| M | 29 | I | Thoracic wall | RTG, SONO, CT | Pleuritis | NA | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | 1 | T (S) | Yb | Y | N | 32 (NED) |
| M | 92 | A | Ischium | RTG, CT | N | NA | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | 1 | S (P) | N | Y | N | 50 (NED) |
| M | 37 | G | Spine thoracic | RTG, CT, MR | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | 2 | N (S) | N | Y | Y | 116 (NED) |
| M | 22 | AG | Spine thoracic | RTG, CT, MR | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | 4 | T (P) | Yc | N | Y | 71 (NED) |
| M | 63 | A | Spine cervical, thoracic | CT | Pneumonia, miliary | NA | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | 3 | N (S) | N | N | NA | 0 (DOD) |
| M | 29 | N | Spine lumbar, sacral | RTG, CT | Tree-in-bud infiltration | NA | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | 5 | S (P) | Yd | N | Y | 74 (NED) |
| M | 30 | P | Spine lumbar | RTG, CT, MR | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | 1 | N (P) | Yc | Y | N | 70 (NED) |
| F | 18 | J | Spine sacral | RTG, CT, MR | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | 4 | T (N) | Yd | N | Y | 33 (NED) |
| F | 65 | A | Spine thoracic | RTG, CT | N | NA | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | 1 | T | Yc | N | N | 29 (NED) |
| F | 69 | A | Spine thoracic | CT, MR | Post specific changes | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | 2 | N (P) | Yc | Y | Y | 105 (NED) |
| F | 69 | A | Spine lumbar | RTG, CT, MR | Miliary | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | 1 | N (P) | Ya | Y | Y | 44 (NED) |
| F | 80 | A | Spine lumbar | RTG, CT | N | NA | Y | N | Y | N | Y | N | 2 | S | N | Y | N | 5 (DOC) |
Sex: female (F); male (M). Country of origin (CO): Austria (A); India (I); New-Guinea (NG); Gambia (G); Afghanistan (AG); N (Nepal); Pakistan (P); Jemen (J). Location: MCP1: first metacarpophalangeal joint; SC joint: sternoclavicular joint. Imaging: RTG: conventional two-planar radiographs; SONO: sonography; CT: computed tomography; MR: magnetic resonance imaging; Imaging analyses: Y: yes; N: no; NA: not applicable. BME: bone marrow edema; Bone Destr.: bone destruction; Path. Fx: pathological fracture; Soft Tissue: soft tissue component; Abscess: abscess formation; Spinal Canal: involvement of spinal canal. Major symptoms and differential diagnoses: pain (P)/neurology (N)/fracture (F)/septic process, i.e., abscess formation or septic arthritis (S)/osseous destruction, suspicious of tumourous process (T). Biopsy: open biopsy (a); core needle biopsy (b); CT-guided biopsy (c), with drainage (d) of an abscess formation. Sec. Deform.: secondary deformity. Status at last follow-up (FUP): death of other cause (DOC), no evidence of disease (NED), death of disease (DOD) [23]