Skeletal Tuberculosis Presenting as a Small Cystic Lesion in the Medial Femoral Condyle
نویسندگان
1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery Shohada Teaching Hospital Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery Shohada Teaching Hospital Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
3 Department of Orthopedic Surgery Shohada Teaching Hospital Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
doi
10.22038/abjs.2013.2085چکیده
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. Following an evaluation of the obtained sample, tuberculous osteomyelitis was detected. After resection of the femoral mass and starting anti TB medical treatment, symptoms dramatically eliminated.
