Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis

We report a case of a young girl presented with history of swelling over right knee for a period of 3 years which clinical, laboratory investigations and initial radiographic features were suggestive of auto-immune arthritis. Subsequently an open biopsy was done, although cultures were negative for...

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Main Authors:	Subramaniam, Krisnan Rao, Nor Hadi, Nor Hamizan, Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Scientia Ricerca 2019
Subjects:	RD701 Orthopedics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/74000/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74000/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74000/1/Case%20report.pdf

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spelling	iium-740002019-09-06T08:22:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74000/ Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis Subramaniam, Krisnan Rao Nor Hadi, Nor Hamizan Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri RD701 Orthopedics We report a case of a young girl presented with history of swelling over right knee for a period of 3 years which clinical, laboratory investigations and initial radiographic features were suggestive of auto-immune arthritis. Subsequently an open biopsy was done, although cultures were negative for MTB or NTM, histopathological examination (HPE) reported a chronic granulomatous inflammation which was highly suggestive of Tuberculosis (TB). She received anti-tuberculosis treatment for a total of one year and noted marked improvement which was evidently shown clinically and radiograhically. Musculoskeletal TB is known to be a great mimicker of other pathology. A high index of suspicion is needed especially in a TB-prone area. Scientia Ricerca 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74000/1/Case%20report.pdf Subramaniam, Krisnan Rao and Nor Hadi, Nor Hamizan and Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri (2019) Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis. Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, 3 (1). pp. 12-15. ISSN 2573-4962 https://scientiaricerca.com/srortr/pdf/SRORTR-03-000071.pdf
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spellingShingle	RD701 Orthopedics Subramaniam, Krisnan Rao Nor Hadi, Nor Hamizan Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis
description	We report a case of a young girl presented with history of swelling over right knee for a period of 3 years which clinical, laboratory investigations and initial radiographic features were suggestive of auto-immune arthritis. Subsequently an open biopsy was done, although cultures were negative for MTB or NTM, histopathological examination (HPE) reported a chronic granulomatous inflammation which was highly suggestive of Tuberculosis (TB). She received anti-tuberculosis treatment for a total of one year and noted marked improvement which was evidently shown clinically and radiograhically. Musculoskeletal TB is known to be a great mimicker of other pathology. A high index of suspicion is needed especially in a TB-prone area.
format	Article
author	Subramaniam, Krisnan Rao Nor Hadi, Nor Hamizan Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
author_facet	Subramaniam, Krisnan Rao Nor Hadi, Nor Hamizan Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
author_sort	Subramaniam, Krisnan Rao
title	Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis
title_short	Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis
title_full	Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis
title_fullStr	Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis
title_full_unstemmed	Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis
title_sort	synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis
publisher	Scientia Ricerca
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/74000/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74000/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/74000/1/Case%20report.pdf
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Synovial tuberculosis masquerading as monoarticular inflammatory arthritis

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