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Orthop Rev (Pavia)
; 1(2): e24, 2009 Oct 10.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21808686
RESUMEN
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, modalities of chemotherapeutic management, and surgical treatment are discussed.