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