[Tuberculosis of the bones and joints].

Radiology in Bone and Articular Tuberculosis

In this article along with the brief review of the Radiologic signs of tuberculosis of the bones and joints there is emphasis on the out­standing sign's of the patients which we have seen in Iran. Tuberculosis of the vertebral column and specially paravertebral abscess is discussed. The prevalent signs of the disea·se in other bones and -joints are mentioned and different manifestations of tube...

Skeletal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Small Cystic Lesion in the Medial Femoral Condyle

  Skeletal tuberculosis is an unusual disease involving bone and joints and it may have different manifestations. This report introduces a 25-year-old woman suffering from chronic knee pain without any response to conservative treatments for one year. X-ray was normal but CT-scan and MRI indicated a small lesion in medial condyle of the femur. The patient underwent percutaneous CT-guided biopsy...

Clinical Pictures of Tuberculosis in Relation to Bones and Joints

Bones and Joints Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis appears to be increasing throughout the world after years of continuous decline, despite the introduction of effective chemotherapy. This resurgence is related to the increasing number of patients immunocompromised by chemotherapeutic agents used to treat other diseases or AIDS; the appearance of multiple drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis, and aging population. Several species...

Bone and Joint Tuberculosis in Imam Khomeini Hospital Tehran, 1372-1375

ABSTRACT Tuberculosis is a major health problem in the world, which causes considerable mortality and morbidity. In a prospective - descriptive study, a group of patients with diagnosis of bone and joint tuberculosis on the basis of the clinical symptoms, signs and paraclinical data with positive PPD and negative Wright tests, were examined in Imam Khomeini Hospital (Infectious Disease and Or...