Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53388#.VMBtqyzQrzE Author(s) Mohamed Diomandé * , Mariam Gbané-Koné , Baly Ouattara , Tamo Estelle Mégné , Edmond Eti , Marcel N’zué Kouakou Affiliation(s) Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Center of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire . ABSTRACT The sternoclavicular joint is a rare site of osteoarticular tuberculosis. We now report three new cases of sternoclavicular tuberculosis. The report concentrates mostly on immunocompromised patients, notably two with HIV infection and one case marked by its acute onset which is rather original because, in this case, there was a swollen sternoclavicular joint with normal X-ray and it was the CT-scan which showed the lesions. The etiological diagnosis was made in the first case by polymerase chain reaction and in the second case by identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the third case...
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