Infantile Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Proximal Tibia

Tuberculous osteomyelitis.

Tuberculous osteomyelitis which does not involve a joint is uncommon and may fail to be diagnosed by an orthopaedic surgeon. We treated 28 lesions of tuberculous osteomyelitis in 25 patients between 1988 and 1995. The duration of symptoms was from two to 39 months, and most of our patients had been treated initially with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which failed to provide relief. Bone...

Infantile tibia vara.

Tuberculous Frontal Bone Osteomyelitis

A 39 years old man presented with one month history of headache, nausea and vomiting, associated with night sweats without fever or impaired general condition. His past medical history was unremarkable. On admission, the patient was a febrile. A physical examination demonstrated a right frontal bulge which was painful, associated to fluctuation without inflammatory reaction around. A computed t...

Musculoskeletal images. Acetabular tuberculous osteomyelitis.

vague complaints of right-sided knee pain. Conservative management was initiated without radiography. Two months later he was having difficulty with simple ambulation and began to experience rest and night pain. The location of the pain gradually moved proximally during this period and settled in the region of the right buttock. The patient had no relevant medical history. However, he had lost ...

Partial proximal tibia fractures

Partial tibial plateau fractures may occur as a consequence of either valgus or varus trauma combined with a rotational and axial compression component.High-energy trauma may result in a more complex and multi-fragmented fracture pattern, which occurs predominantly in young people. Conversely, a low-energy mechanism may lead to a pure depression fracture in the older population with weaker bone...