Tuberculosis of the knee

Extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis are reported in less than one in five cases with the knee affected in 8% after the spine and hip. We report a case of isolated highly erosive tuberculosis of the knee presenting in a previously fit Vietnamese woman. The difficulties of diagnosis, modalit...

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Autores principales: Lidder, Surjit, Lang, Kathryn, Haroon, Mallick, Shahidi, Mitra, El-Guindi, Magdi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21808686
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/or.2009.e24
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Sumario:Extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis are reported in less than one in five cases with the knee affected in 8% after the spine and hip. We report a case of isolated highly erosive tuberculosis of the knee presenting in a previously fit Vietnamese woman. The difficulties of diagnosis, modalities of chemotherapeutic management, and surgical treatment are discussed.

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