[Osteoarticular tuberculosis with destructive wrist arthritis secondary to extrapulmonary tuberculosis].

Abstract

A case is presented of a 69 year old male patient with a history of wrist fracture from over 50 years ago with pain refractory to analgesics and with joint destruction of the wrist in conventional radiology. We have conducted a review of extrapulmonary tuberculous osteoarthritis discussing the diagnosis and treatment of this unusual presentation of the disease.

• Authors: P Torres Lozano, D Gallach Sanchis, M M Pardo Coello
• Journal: Revista espanola de cirugia ortopedica y traumatologia (Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol) 2012 Sep-Oct Vol. 56 Issue 5 Pg. 378-80 ISSN: 1988-8856 [Electronic] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Tuberculosis osteoarticular de muñeca. Artritis destructiva de muñeca secundaria a tuberculosis extrapulmonar.
• PMID: 23594893 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2011 SECOT. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Aged
• Humans
• Male
• Osteoarthritis (diagnosis, microbiology)
• Radiography
• Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular (diagnosis)
• Wrist Joint (diagnostic imaging, microbiology, pathology)