ABSTRACT Multifocal osteoarticular tuberculosis is uncommon and accounts for approximately10% of all cases of osteoarticular tuberculosis. Concomitant vertebral and iliac bone tuberculosis has not been reported in the literature to date. We report one such case for its unusual clinical and radiological presentation, which had presentation more similar to a malignant bone tumour than an infectio...

Introduction: Osteoarticuar tuberculosis comprises 1-4.3% of all tuberculosis cases and 10-15% of all extra pulmonary tuberculosis cases.The diagnosis of osteoarticular tuberculosis is mainly clinico-radiological and presents a greater diagnostic challenge due to less liberation of bacilli.Drug resistant form of osteoarticular tuberculosis has very rare prevalence and less commonly studied. Thi...

The varied clinical presentation of osteoarticular tuberculosis makes the diagnosis an enigma. This report underlines the fact that osteoarticular tuberculosis can present in the most atypical pattern. It also emphasises the need for a high index of clinical suspicion and the low threshold for tissue biopsy for establishing the diagnosis.

OBJECTIVE To examine the frequency and clinical manifestations of osteoarticular tuberculosis in non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients during the past 10 years in a northwestern area of Spain. METHODS The charts of all patients older than 14 years of age, not HIV-infected, and diagnosed as having osteoarticular tuberculosis at the Xeral-Calde Hospital from 1988 through 1997 were rev...

conclusions extrapulmonary tuberculosis may mimic many other diseases, so it should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis. it is essential to diagnose osteoarticular tuberculosis early, as late diagnosis or inadequate treatment may cause permanent disability. case presentation a 16-year-old girl presented to the outpatient otolaryngology clinic with painless swelling of the neck, and to...

We report the clinicoradiological features of tuberculosis in the clavicle in 4 patients. The patients' ages ranged from 9 months to 29 years. All patients were managed with antitubercular drug therapy for one year and one underwent surgical debridement and curettage as well. Clinicians should be aware of the varied presentation (pain, non-healing ulcer, abscess, multifocal osteoarticular tuber...

PURPOSE To evaluate the utility of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for diagnosing osteoarticular tuberculosis (TB). METHODS Clinical samples (synovial tissue and synovial fluid) obtained from 23 cases of suspected osteoarticular tuberculosis were subjected to Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) smear examination, radiometric BACTEC culture and PCR test for tuberculosis by amplifying 65 kDa antigen co...

Osteoarticular tuberculosis represents 1.7-2% of all tuberculosis (TB). The localization in the foot is rare and accounts for less than 10% of osteoarticular TB. The following report describes the case of a 7-year-old boy who presented with a gradually increasing inflammatory swelling over the lateral aspect of the right ankle. An X-ray of his right ankle showed an osteolytic image at the calca...

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection of a total joint prosthesis in patients with previous pulmonary or osteoarticular tuberculosis is well recorded in literature. We describe the case of a 59-year-old woman with tuberculous infection complicating a total hip arthroplasty 15 months after surgery for osteoarthritis. The patient had no prior history of exposure to tuberculosis and no evidence of ...