Tuberculosis of the Patella (A Case Report)

Abstract

Isolated involvement of patella as extra pulmonary Tuberculosis is very rare. We report a rare case of Tuberculosis patella in an eight year old baby girl. She was complaining of pain, swelling and joint stiffness around her right knee. Diagnosis was based on biopsy. She was treated by surgical debridement and curettage, Anti-tubercular treatment (ATT) with early mobilization of joint.

Patellar Tuberculosis- A Case Report

“…DIAGNOSISA provisional diagnosis of tuberculosis of patella was given.DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSISDifferential diagnosis includes infectious conditions like osteomyelitis, tumours of patella like osteoblastoma, chondroblastoma, Benign lesions include osteoid osteoma and inflammatory conditions like gout 1,2. …”