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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Main Authors: Surjit Lidder, Kathryn Lang, Mallick Haroon, Mitra Shahidi, Magdi El-Guindi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Medical Publishing 2009-10-01
Series:Orthopedic Reviews
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/or/article/view/1328