TUBERCULOUS JOINT-DISEASE

A Case of Tuberculous Disease of the Hip Joint

Tuberculous synovitis of the elbow joint.

Tuberculous synovitis in the elbow joint is extremely rare in developed countries. We describe a 68-year-old man who had had a gradually enlarging mass over the volar side of the left proximal forearm near the elbow joint for 4 months. Plain roentgenograms of the diseased elbow showed early osteoarthritic change. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed diffuse synovitis with a large 8 x 8 cm extra-...

Tuberculous Disease of Joints.

Premature epiphysial fusion at the knee joint in tuberculous disease of the hip.

The treatment of tuberculous disease of the hip in children has not yet reached the stage when useful recovery of joint function is a frequent end-result. Brackett (1924) urged that the first objective should be the provision of a permanently safe and useful limb; and in girls, we would add, a graceful one. These standards are not achieved, even with quiescent disease and a soundly ankylosed jo...

Some Observations on Tuberculous Disease of the Hip-Joint in Childhood and Youth

from the operation in a series of twenty-six cases,2 so that I do not regard the risk as great. No doubt a large number of patients will recover if the abscess is simply opened and drained aseptically, but they will require drainage for a much longer time than if the diseased bone, and as much of the diseased soft parts as possible, are removed at the same time. I regard the indication for exci...