A K M Faizul Huq1, AHM Raihanuzzaman Sarkar1, ASM Fateh Akram1, Mohammed Kamrul Hasan2,Bashir Ahmed3, Md Khairul Hassan Jessy3

Abstract
Skeletal tuberculosis is usually seen in association with primary pulmonary form. Pulmonary tuberculosis
of the chest wall is a rare entity.We herein reports a case of tuberculosis of the chest wall without pulmonary
involvement that presented with bilateral chest wall pain and tenderness. Destruction of the bone take the
form of disruption of the cortical margin or of an osteolytic lesion which is expansile in nature. This case
responded completely to the antituberculosis therapy without any surgical intervention.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, chest wall

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