Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor

We report a case of a man presenting with painless diffuse swelling over his right knee region with the clinical and radiological features suggesting a benign soft tissue tumour. Surgical removal of the lesion was done. A histopathological (HPE) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination for My...

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Main Authors:	Che Ahmad, Aminudin, Osman Cassim, Samsudin, Shukur, Mohd Hassan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2004
Subjects:	RD701 Orthopedics
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spelling	iium-299172016-12-05T07:49:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29917/ Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor Che Ahmad, Aminudin Osman Cassim, Samsudin Shukur, Mohd Hassan RD701 Orthopedics We report a case of a man presenting with painless diffuse swelling over his right knee region with the clinical and radiological features suggesting a benign soft tissue tumour. Surgical removal of the lesion was done. A histopathological (HPE) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculous bursitis around the knee with joint involvement. He was treated with 6 months of antituberculous chemotherapy. Correct diagnosis was difficult and delayed because of the rarity of the condition. Modern imaging technology including magnetic resonance imaging, in particular, was not conclusive. Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2004 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29917/1/TUBERCULOUS_BURSITIS_AROUND_THE_KNEE.pdf Che Ahmad, Aminudin and Osman Cassim, Samsudin and Shukur, Mohd Hassan (2004) Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor. International Medical Journal Malaysia, 3 (1). ISSN 1823-4631 http://www.eimjm.com/Vol3-No1/Vol3-No1-C1.html
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spellingShingle	RD701 Orthopedics Che Ahmad, Aminudin Osman Cassim, Samsudin Shukur, Mohd Hassan Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor
description	We report a case of a man presenting with painless diffuse swelling over his right knee region with the clinical and radiological features suggesting a benign soft tissue tumour. Surgical removal of the lesion was done. A histopathological (HPE) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculous bursitis around the knee with joint involvement. He was treated with 6 months of antituberculous chemotherapy. Correct diagnosis was difficult and delayed because of the rarity of the condition. Modern imaging technology including magnetic resonance imaging, in particular, was not conclusive.
format	Article
author	Che Ahmad, Aminudin Osman Cassim, Samsudin Shukur, Mohd Hassan
author_facet	Che Ahmad, Aminudin Osman Cassim, Samsudin Shukur, Mohd Hassan
author_sort	Che Ahmad, Aminudin
title	Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor
title_short	Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor
title_full	Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor
title_fullStr	Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor
title_full_unstemmed	Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor
title_sort	tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor
publisher	Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2004
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29917/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29917/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29917/1/TUBERCULOUS_BURSITIS_AROUND_THE_KNEE.pdf
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Tuberculous bursitis around the knee mimicking benign soft tissue tumor

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