Case report of osteoarticular tuberculosis: diagnostic difficulty and probable primary infection
We report the case of a 36-year-old male from Ancash, Peru, who attended to a local hospital due to articular pain in the right knee for three years. Diagnosis was not reached in that hospital and months later he visited Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo in the capital city, where evaluation and treat...
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| author | Carlos Diego Valladares Díaz Erika Lucía Pilco Guerra Mary Isabel Ttito Condor |
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| description | We report the case of a 36-year-old male from Ancash, Peru, who attended to a local hospital due to articular pain in the
right knee for three years. Diagnosis was not reached in that hospital and months later he visited Hospital Nacional Dos
de Mayo in the capital city, where evaluation and treatment for osteoarticular tuberculosis was started after finding a
granulomatous inflammatory process in a bone biopsy. Such diagnosis was confirmed later by a positive culture of synovial
fluid after a more than 45-month disease period. The atypical presentation, absence of a primary site and diagnostic
difficulty of the disease in a country where tuberculosis is still endemic encouraged the publication of this case report. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f32f329b0ea14ac9872b0ba5c91be6ea2022-12-21T22:11:12ZspaUniversidad de San Martín de PorresHorizonte Médico1727-558X2227-35302017-06-011647680Case report of osteoarticular tuberculosis: diagnostic difficulty and probable primary infectionCarlos Diego Valladares Díaz0 Erika Lucía Pilco Guerra1 Mary Isabel Ttito Condor2Estudiante de Medicina Humana,Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de Porres Estudiante de Medicina Humana,Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de PorreEstudiante de Medicina Humana,Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de PorreWe report the case of a 36-year-old male from Ancash, Peru, who attended to a local hospital due to articular pain in the right knee for three years. Diagnosis was not reached in that hospital and months later he visited Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo in the capital city, where evaluation and treatment for osteoarticular tuberculosis was started after finding a granulomatous inflammatory process in a bone biopsy. Such diagnosis was confirmed later by a positive culture of synovial fluid after a more than 45-month disease period. The atypical presentation, absence of a primary site and diagnostic difficulty of the disease in a country where tuberculosis is still endemic encouraged the publication of this case report.http://www.medicina.usmp.edu.pe/medicina/horizonte/2017_1/Art12_Vol17_N1.pdfOsteoarticular tuberculosiskneeinfectious arthritis |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Diego Valladares Díaz Erika Lucía Pilco Guerra Mary Isabel Ttito Condor Case report of osteoarticular tuberculosis: diagnostic difficulty and probable primary infection Horizonte Médico Osteoarticular tuberculosis knee infectious arthritis |
| title | Case report of osteoarticular tuberculosis: diagnostic difficulty and probable primary infection |
| title_full | Case report of osteoarticular tuberculosis: diagnostic difficulty and probable primary infection |
| title_fullStr | Case report of osteoarticular tuberculosis: diagnostic difficulty and probable primary infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case report of osteoarticular tuberculosis: diagnostic difficulty and probable primary infection |
| title_short | Case report of osteoarticular tuberculosis: diagnostic difficulty and probable primary infection |
| title_sort | case report of osteoarticular tuberculosis diagnostic difficulty and probable primary infection |
| topic | Osteoarticular tuberculosis knee infectious arthritis |
| url | http://www.medicina.usmp.edu.pe/medicina/horizonte/2017_1/Art12_Vol17_N1.pdf |
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