Isolated Pyomyositis of the Thigh With a Sinus Tract: A Rare Presentation of Tuberculosis

Cureus. 2024 Apr 22;16(4):e58788. doi: 10.7759/cureus.58788. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Abstract

Muscular tuberculosis as a primary focal lesion in an immunocompetent individual without any underlying bone involvement is a rare finding. The authors present a case of a young female in her 30s who presented with complaints of recurrent discharging sinus in the posteromedial aspect of the proximal right thigh for eight months. The patient was treated by surgical debridement followed by antitubercular therapy (ATT) and has shown full recovery during the post-eight-month treatment period. Such a presentation of primary tubercular pyomyositis imposes a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic challenge.

Keywords: anti tubercular therapy (att); extrapulmonary tuberculosis (eptb); mycobacterium tuberculous; percutaneus catheter drainage; pyomyositis; sinus tract.

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