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We present a case of multifocal tuberculosis of contralateral costo-transverse joints. Even in countries where tuberculosis is common, extrapulmonary multifocal infection is uncommon. Furthermore, a bilateral, symmetric distribution is distinctly unusual. The index of suspicion for tuberculosis should increase when the patient is from a country where tuberculosis is endemic or when a history of AIDS is present.
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Levine, S., Marianacci, E. & Kattapuram, S. Tuberculosis of contralateral costo-transverse joints. Skeletal Radiol 26, 741–743 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050323
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050323