Bone tuberculosis - The recurrence of the old clinical manifestations

Authors

  • Teresa Martins Internos do Internato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Simão Miranda Internos do Internato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Catarina Salvado Internos do Internato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • M. João Alberto Assistentes Hospitalares de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Fernanda Correia Assistentes Hospitalares de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Pires Gonçalves Assistente Hospitalar de Medicina Interna, com grau de Chefe de Serviço, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Rui Proença Director do Serviço de Medicina I do Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa

Keywords:

bone and joint tuberculosis, spon­dylodiscitis, osteocondritis, synovitis, sacroilei­tis, arthritis of the hip

Abstract

The authors present 5 cases of bone and joint tuberculosis, recently observed in their Hospital: one case of spondylodiscitis, another of osteocon­dritis, another of synovitis of the knee, another of sacro-ileitis with spondylodiscitis, and another of arthritis of the hip fistulating into the pelvic cavity. All these patients were negative to HIV1 and HIV2.

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Published

1996-06-28

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Martins T, Miranda S, Salvado C, Alberto MJ, Correia F, Gonçalves P, Proença R. Bone tuberculosis - The recurrence of the old clinical manifestations. RPMI [Internet]. 1996 Jun. 28 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];3(2):92-5. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2273

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (1996): Abril/ Junho

Section

Case Reports

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