Case Reports in Radiology
Volume 2015, Article ID 195412, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/195412
Case Report
Tuberculous Abscess of the Chest Wall Simulate Pyogenic Abscess
1Radiology Department, CHU, 18BP216 Lomé, Togo
2Surgery Department, CHU, Kara, Togo
3Radiology Department, CHU, Kara, Togo
Received 4 August 2015; Accepted 11 October 2015
Academic Editor: Yoshito Tsushima
Copyright © 2015 Lantam Sonhaye et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The chest wall tuberculosis abscesses is rare. We present a case of a 27-year-old immunocompetent male who presented chest wall abscesses. Imaging (chest radiographic, ultrasound, and computed tomography) and Ziehl-Neelsen staining demonstrated chest wall tuberculosis abscesses.