Tuberculosis of Hip Diagnosed Per-Operatively, Presenting as a Case of Severe Osteoarthritis Hip: A Case Report
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
The authors report and discuss a patient who on clinical and radiological presentation was diagnosed as a case of severe osteoarthritis of hip developing after suspected fracture of acetabulum but which later on during arthroplasty was diagnosed as a case of chronic progressive monoarthritis hip due to tuberculosis with caseating abscess and severe hip joint destruction and treated as planned with Girdlestone arthroplasty.
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Man Mohan Sharma, Kasturi Mohan Batra, Hira Lal Kakria
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