Tubercular skull base osteomyelitis – A case report
Akshaya Sathyamurthy Iyer,
Priya Venkatesh Patil,
Deepika Pandey,
Bramhadev Shivaji Kute,
Bhavesh Balakrishna Shetty
Affiliations
Akshaya Sathyamurthy Iyer
Correspondence to: ‘Sahasrajith’ 1203, Tower 1, Gemini, Runwal Anthurium, LBS Marg, Mulund West, Mumbai 400080, Maharashtra, India.; Department of General Medicine, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, India
Priya Venkatesh Patil
Department of General Medicine, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, India
Deepika Pandey
Department of General Medicine, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, India
Bramhadev Shivaji Kute
Department of General Medicine, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, India
Bhavesh Balakrishna Shetty
Department of General Medicine, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, India
Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is a complex and fatal clinical entity caused by infections in the structures surrounding the skull base. It is mainly seen in immune compromised individuals. We report one such rare case of an atypical skull base osteomyelitis in a young, immune-competent female child of 12 years of age, who presented in the ER with misleading symptoms of stroke and was diagnosed incidentally to have SBO on imaging. Adding to the uniqueness of the case is the causative organism, which was identified as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, an unusual cause of SBO.
