Case report of a patient with tuberculosis of the femur after osteosynthesis with review of literaturedoi:10.1177/0049475517734461Aditya AggarwalBalaji SaibabaSAGE PublicationsSage UK: London, England
Presentation of the case A 31-year-old male patient presented a unilateral knee swelling, reddish, warmth, pain, with a limited range of movement and then diagnosed with tuberculosis of the knee, histopathologically confirmed following surgical removal, including synovectomy without arthroplasty procedur...
Tuberculous peritonitis is an uncommon extrapulmonary form of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, frequently presenting with nonspecific and insidious symptoms. Diagnosis is therefore difficult, unsuspected, and often delayed, especially in the pediatric patient without an obvious history of exposure to the ...
A 31-year-old female presented to the emergency department with complaints of bleeding gums, bruising all over her body, and recurrent nosebleeds for longer than a week. The patient has a history of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL/AML-M3), and has had symptoms of gingival bleeding, widespre...
Tuberculosis of the axis in a patient with systemic sarcoidosis: technique of posterior open biopsy of the dens: case report. Belanger E, Levi AD (2000) Tuberculosis of the axis in a patient with systemic sarcoidosis: technique of posterior open biopsy of the dens: case report... E Belanger...
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At final 1 year follow up, the patient showed painless movement and normal range of motion, without evidence of disease recurrence. Fig. 2 CT scan of right acromioclavicular joint showing erosions at the acromion process of scapula Discussion Osteoarticular tuberculosis occurs mostly in the weight-...
Discussion Primary muscular tuberculosis is a very uncommon condi- tion in both children and adults [7]. Current knowledge about these conditions is mainly based on case reports be- cause the precise incidence of this disease is not known. A study found four cases of tuberculosis of muscles ...
tuberculosis and one caused by atypical mycobacteria. This is important, because an atypical mycobacterial infection might not respond to routine antituberculosis drugs. In addition, the histopathological report is only available three days after submission of tissue. Therefore, in the current study, ...
We report a rare case of posttraumatic tubercular osteomyelitis of mid-tarsal bone of the right foot. Patient was treated with regular dressing and anti-tubercular drugs. Posttraumatic skeletal tuberculosis should be considered in patient with non-healing ulcer....