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Primary patella tuberculosis mimicking pre-patellar bursitis: A case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: The Patella is very rare site for tuberculosis (TB). The knee is the third most common site for skeletal TB. The incidence of patella TB being 0.09 to 0.15%. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of primary tuberculous osteitis isolated from the patella. The complaint was...

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Autores principales: Khezami, Karim, Bennour, Mohamed Amine, Basssalah, Emir, Lahssini, Wael, Brahim, Nada Ben, Annabi, Hedi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8433275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34507199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2021.106367