Case Report
Chest Wall Mass in Infancy: The Presentation of Bone-Tumor-Like BCG Osteitis
Table 1
Review reports from 8 cases of chest wall mycobacterial infection.
| No. | Year | Patient profile | Site | Work up | Organism |
| 1 [13] | 2001 | 9 months, male, Turkey | Parasternal abscess with sternum osteomyelitis | Tissue pathology | Suspected M. bovis | 2 [14] | 1992 | 11 months, male, German | Mass with 4th rib osteomyelitis | Tissue pathology | M. bovis isolated | 3 [9] | 2005 | 12 months, female, Taiwan | Subcutaneous abscess, left anterior chest wall | Bacterial isolation | M. bovis isolated | 4 | 2017 | 12 months, female, Thailand | 8th rib osteomyelitis | Tissue pathology | Suspected M. bovis | 5 [15] | 2012 | 15 months, female, Italy | Mass with 10th rib osteomyelitis, pulmonary | Tissue pathology | M. tuberculosis isolated | 6 [12] | 2001 | 4-year-old, female, Taiwan | Chest wall abscess and third rib osteomyelitis/disseminated TB | Tissue pathology | Suspected M. tuberculosis | 7 [16] | 2006 | 9-year-old, male, India | Abscess, 2nd rib osteomyelitis | Aspiration | Suspected M. tuberculosis | 8 [17] | 2017 | 10-year-old, female, India | Chest wall abscess and 5th rib osteomyelitis | Aspiration | Suspected M. tuberculosis |
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