2024/12/31 by Mattoussi, N., BenBecher S, Essaddam L +2
paper · doi:10.71566/pist-rmp-194947
Despite the safety of the bacille de Calmette et Guérin (BCG) vaccine, local and systemic complications can occur.Few cases of osteitis and osteomyelitis have been reported We report a case of osteitis after BCG vaccination in a 12-month-old girl, born in Tunisia. She was vaccinated with BCG on the left upper arm at birth .She presented with fever and mild functional impairment of the left upper limb. X-ray of left upper limb revealed a mittee and fragmented aspect of the left humeral epiphysis with a demineralization of the upper 1/3 of the humerus. Diagnosis was based on the histological findings and antituberculosis therapy was initiated. The most recent radiological examination showed the involution of the geographic osteolytic lesion.