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Total elbow arthroplasty for active primary tuberculosis of the elbow: a curious case of misdiagnosis

The incidence of musculoskeletal tuberculosis (TB) is on the rise due to the current Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pandemic. Spine is the most common osseous site, followed by other joints. TB identified in the elbow accounts for 2%–5% of skeletal TB cases, which are secondary to pulmona...

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Autores principales: Pattu, Radhakrishnan, Chellamuthu, Girinivasan, Sellappan, Kumar, Chendrayan, Kamalanathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Shoulder and Elbow Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9185115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35045599
http://dx.doi.org/10.5397/cise.2021.00304