• JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc · May 2019

    Case Reports

    Calvarial Tuberculosis: A Diagnostic Quandary: A Case Report.

    • Sushan Homagain, Suraj Shrestha, Sushil Sah, and Gopal Sedain.
    • Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal.
    • JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2019 May 1; 57 (217): 198-201.

    AbstractPrimary Calvarial Tuberculosis, a rare entity of skull is even rarer after second decade of life in a healthy person without evidence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body. Most of the cases are often misdiagnosed as osteomyelitis/syphilis/bony metastasis. We report a case of primary skull tuberculosis in 26-year-old male with complains of headache and swelling in the right frontal region with no history of previous tuberculosis. The patient was operated and the histopathological examination of excised tissue was suggestive of tubercular pathology. The patient is doing well after anti-tubercular therapy. Being a rare disease, tubercular osteomyelitis of skull bones is often missed and misdiagnosed due to lack of clinical suspicion and slow growth of mycobacterium cultures. Histopathological examination of biopsy material and demonstration of acid-fast bacilli in the pus are helpful for diagnosis and early management of the disease. Keywords: calvaria; Mycobacterium; osteomyelitis; tuberculosis.

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