Tuberculous pseudotumor of fibular head

Tuberculous osteomyelitis of long tubular bone is uncommon, the reported incidence is about 2-3 %. Tuberculous osteomyelitis of fibular head is very rare and it mimics neoplasm. Here we report a case of a 28 year old male presenting with unremitting right knee pain with swelling around fibular head...

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Autores principales: Sunil Singh Thapa, Arjun Lamichanne, Deepak Prakash Mahara
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8d34f8b0e996454a9b2f4b13615d23742021-12-05T19:16:04ZTuberculous pseudotumor of fibular head10.3126/jssn.v18i2.185731815-39842392-4772https://doaj.org/article/8d34f8b0e996454a9b2f4b13615d23742017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JSSN/article/view/18573https://doaj.org/toc/1815-3984https://doaj.org/toc/2392-4772 Tuberculous osteomyelitis of long tubular bone is uncommon, the reported incidence is about 2-3 %. Tuberculous osteomyelitis of fibular head is very rare and it mimics neoplasm. Here we report a case of a 28 year old male presenting with unremitting right knee pain with swelling around fibular head with knee radiography showing lytic lesion of proximal fibula,excisional biopsy was done and histopathological report confirmed it as tuberculous osteomyelitis.  Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2015; 18 (2), page: 33-35 Sunil Singh ThapaArjun LamichanneDeepak Prakash MaharaSociety of Surgeons of NepalarticleFibular headPeroneal nerveTuberculosisSurgeryRD1-811ENJournal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, Vol 18, Iss 2 (2017)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Fibular head
Peroneal nerve
Tuberculosis
Surgery
RD1-811
spellingShingle Fibular head
Peroneal nerve
Tuberculosis
Surgery
RD1-811
Sunil Singh Thapa
Arjun Lamichanne
Deepak Prakash Mahara
Tuberculous pseudotumor of fibular head
description Tuberculous osteomyelitis of long tubular bone is uncommon, the reported incidence is about 2-3 %. Tuberculous osteomyelitis of fibular head is very rare and it mimics neoplasm. Here we report a case of a 28 year old male presenting with unremitting right knee pain with swelling around fibular head with knee radiography showing lytic lesion of proximal fibula,excisional biopsy was done and histopathological report confirmed it as tuberculous osteomyelitis.  Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2015; 18 (2), page: 33-35
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author Sunil Singh Thapa
Arjun Lamichanne
Deepak Prakash Mahara
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Arjun Lamichanne
Deepak Prakash Mahara
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title Tuberculous pseudotumor of fibular head
title_short Tuberculous pseudotumor of fibular head
title_full Tuberculous pseudotumor of fibular head
title_fullStr Tuberculous pseudotumor of fibular head
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculous pseudotumor of fibular head
title_sort tuberculous pseudotumor of fibular head
publisher Society of Surgeons of Nepal
publishDate 2017
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