Osteoarticular tuberculosis: The great mimicker still catches us out —a case report

Osteoarticular tuberculosis: The great mimicker still catches us out —a case report

© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Nordic Orthopedic Federation. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) DOI 10.3109/17453674.2015.1103115 A 79-year-old man of South Asian origin presented at the trauma and orthopedic unit of a district...

Phaeochromocytoma the great mimicker: a case report.

Dear Editor, Phaeochromocytomas are catecholamine producing neuroendocrine tumours that can manifest a variety of symptoms which mimic other diseases. They are also known for their “rule of 10” where 10% are extra-adrenal, of which 10% are extra-abdominal, 10% are malignant, 10% occurs in normotensive patients and 10% are hereditary.1 Their typical presentations are headaches, palpitations, swe...

Osteoarticular tuberculosis: a case report and discussion.

Ocular and Osteoarticular Tuberculosis in a Young Patient. Case Report.

CASE REPORT A young healthy patient, health-care worker in a state hospital, presented in the eye department complaining of pain and blurred vision in the left eye for approx. 2 weeks. Examination revealed a VA of 12/20 in the left eye, an interstitial keratitis, some signs of vitreal inflammation and two chorioretinal mass lesions (at echography appearing cystic) in the affected eye. She also ...

Osteoarticular tuberculosis in an HIV-positive patient: a case report.

The authors report a case of a 38-year-old HIV-positive woman, with subcutaneous nodules on the thoracic region with 3 months of evolution. Clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological features were evaluated and associated with apparent damage to the T11-T12 vertebrae, identification by imaging tests, positivity in a polymerase chain reaction-based test, and reactivity to the Mantoux tuberculin s...