Tuberculosis of the Knee: A Case Report and Literature Review

Tuberculosis (TB) is currently in resurgence due to immigration from endemic areas. Skeletal TB frequently mimics more common etiologies and can be difficult to diagnose. A case of TB knee arthritis in a young woman with painful and swelling knee is reported here. Arthrotomy was performed and inflam...

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Autores principales: Uboldi, Francesco M., Limonta, Silvia, Ferrua, Paolo, Manunta, Andrea, Pellegrini, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5738490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29270550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1605591
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author Uboldi, Francesco M.
Limonta, Silvia
Ferrua, Paolo
Manunta, Andrea
Pellegrini, Antonio
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description Tuberculosis (TB) is currently in resurgence due to immigration from endemic areas. Skeletal TB frequently mimics more common etiologies and can be difficult to diagnose. A case of TB knee arthritis in a young woman with painful and swelling knee is reported here. Arthrotomy was performed and inflamed synovial tissue was found, with multiple rice bodies in the eroded lateral femoral condyle. The patient was treated with an antituberculosis polytherapy and at 1-year follow-up, she reported relief from pain and swelling. We believe that all surgeons assessing patients from TB endemic regions have to adopt an updated approach to TB treatment. Thus, a literature review is also reported here on the current strategies used in different knee TB cases.
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spelling pubmed-57384902017-12-21 Tuberculosis of the Knee: A Case Report and Literature Review Uboldi, Francesco M. Limonta, Silvia Ferrua, Paolo Manunta, Andrea Pellegrini, Antonio Joints Tuberculosis (TB) is currently in resurgence due to immigration from endemic areas. Skeletal TB frequently mimics more common etiologies and can be difficult to diagnose. A case of TB knee arthritis in a young woman with painful and swelling knee is reported here. Arthrotomy was performed and inflamed synovial tissue was found, with multiple rice bodies in the eroded lateral femoral condyle. The patient was treated with an antituberculosis polytherapy and at 1-year follow-up, she reported relief from pain and swelling. We believe that all surgeons assessing patients from TB endemic regions have to adopt an updated approach to TB treatment. Thus, a literature review is also reported here on the current strategies used in different knee TB cases. Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5738490/ /pubmed/29270550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1605591 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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