Keywords:
Musculoskeletal system
Authors:
N. S. Saini, G. Gujral, M. Popli, P. Kumar, S. Kapoor, R. P. Tripathi; Delhi/IN
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2010/C-2444
Purpose
Changes in the epidemiology of tuberculosis has lead to its increased incidence in industrialised nations [1].
The resurgence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis can be ascribed to the emergence of drug resistant strains and an increase in the number of immunocompromised individuals.
In particular osteoarticular involvement has recently shown a marked rise and presently accounts for 10% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis [2].
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is one of the great mimics of medicine and can even masquerade as malignancy. The protean manifestations of musculoskeletal tuberculous infections have been well described [3].
This can result in a delay in diagnosis, which potentiates the risk of serious morbidity .
Aim of the study was to depict the unusual presentations of musculoskeletal tuberculosis