Navicular tuberculosis: A rare localization of bone tuberculosis

Navicular tuberculosis: A rare localization of bone tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health problem endemic to Morocco. While extrapulmonary TB uncommonly presents in osteoarticular anatomic locations, tarsal or metatarsal osteitis can occur when TB presents in the tarsal bones. Clinical symptoms are often insidious causing a delay in diagnosis t...

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Main Authors: Abdelhay Lemnouer, Mohammed Frikh, Bouchra Belfquih, Abdelwahab Jaafar, Ayoub Bouya, Mohamed Jidal, Mustapha Boussouga, Mostafa Elouennass
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:IDCases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Bone
Tarso-metatarsal
Navicular osteitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250915000207

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