2015
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2015.1103115
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Osteoarticular tuberculosis: The great mimicker still catches us out —a case report

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“…The peculiarity of the case is the triple localisation: pulmonary, one in the coccyx and the another one at the tibio-talar level; in most cases the osteoarticular TB is monoarticular or in a localised segment of the vertebral column, whereas in only 10% of patients multiple lesions appear (8). The bacteriological examination for MTB from pathological products such as synovial fluid, para-articular abscesses and bone fragment is positive in only 25%-30% of cases; this patient had both positive smears and cultures from the level of perianal fistulas and peritibial abscess (12,13). If osteoarticular TB is diagnosed and treated at an early stage, approximately 90%-95% of patients would not experience complications.…”
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confidence: 80%
“…The peculiarity of the case is the triple localisation: pulmonary, one in the coccyx and the another one at the tibio-talar level; in most cases the osteoarticular TB is monoarticular or in a localised segment of the vertebral column, whereas in only 10% of patients multiple lesions appear (8). The bacteriological examination for MTB from pathological products such as synovial fluid, para-articular abscesses and bone fragment is positive in only 25%-30% of cases; this patient had both positive smears and cultures from the level of perianal fistulas and peritibial abscess (12,13). If osteoarticular TB is diagnosed and treated at an early stage, approximately 90%-95% of patients would not experience complications.…”
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confidence: 80%
“…No existing typical characteristics of a patient with TBC, or facts related to the disease, nevertheless, among those cases of bony lesions in which we suspect a pseudo tumoral lesion, the explanation could be an extra lung skeletal TBC. [4][5][6] This type of presentation of TBC is rare. Its pathogeny could be explained by hematogenous or lymphatic dissemination, or by direct inoculation.…”
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confidence: 99%