A Case of Multiple Tuberculous Arthritis Simulating Malignancy and Charcot Joint
| Autor: | J. L. Harvey, Ivan C. Hall |
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| Rok vydání: | 1929 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty Right forearm business.industry Elbow Wrist Malignancy medicine.disease Tuberculous arthritis Surgery body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Left elbow business Falling (sensation) Surgical section |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 13:526-529 |
| ISSN: | 1527-1315 0033-8419 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/13.6.526 |
| Popis: | ON July 24, 1928, Mr. G. N., a cigarmaker, aged 60, entered the surgical section of the out-patient department complaining of a painful swelling of the left elbow. There were also two lumps the size of walnuts on the right forearm near the wrist, and another below the left knee, but none of the se was as painful as th e left elbow. The patient stated that when he was a baby he was saved from falling downstairs by his father, who caught him by the left leg; in this manner his left hip was dislocated, making him lame th e remainder of his life. He was always healthy, however, following the trade of a carpenter until about nine years previous to the present examination, when his left elbow became stiff, causing him to give up carpentering and become a cigarmaker. In 1922, two small “tumors” were cut out of the elbow region but the swelling had gradually returned unti l now he was almost completely incapacitated. Examination showed the elbow joint to be greatly enlarged (Fig. 1), with the surrounding tissues ... |
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