J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1980 Jun;15(2):242-247. 10.4055/jkoa.1980.15.2.242.

Extraosseous Tuberculosis of the Extremities

• Kim KY
• Kim YT
• Cho WS

• KMID: 2456480
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1980.15.2.242

Abstract

Extraosseous tuberculosis of the extremities is relatively rare even in the wide spread incidence of bone and joint tuberculosis. And few reports about extraosseous tuberculosis of the extremities have been published in the literatures. Eight cases of the extraosseous tuberculosis of the extremities were experienced at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Medical Center, from 1975 to Sep. 1979. Five out of 8 extraosseous tuberculosis were tenosynovitis and the others were bursitis in location. All cases were surgically excised and combined with antituberculous chemotherapy, and primarily cured.

Keyword

Tuberculosis; Tenosynovitis; Bursitis; Rice Body; Surgical Removal Chemotherapy

MeSH Terms

Bursitis
Drug Therapy
Extremities*
Incidence
Tenosynovitis
Tuberculosis*
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular