Tuberculous osteomyelitis of proximal fibula: An unusual presentation of tuberculosis

Autor:	Asjad Mahmood, Rajni Yadav, Gunjar Jain, Pranav Gupta, Vikram Raj Gopinathan, Hira Lal Nag
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Proximal fibula Tuberculosis business.industry Tuberculous osteomyelitis Medicine Presentation (obstetrics) business medicine.disease Surgery
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Case Reports. :402-404
ISSN:	2454-1303 2454-129X
DOI:	10.32677/ijcr.v7i9.3031
Popis:	Tubercular involvement of the proximal fibula is rare. We present a case of tuberculosis of proximal fibula in an immunocompetent 22-year-old female. She was diagnosed clinically as a case of cellulitis. Radiological investigations, including magnetic resonance imaging revealed a destructive lesion in her right proximal fibula. Finally, by fine-needle aspiration cytology and GeneXpert polymerase chain reaction, a diagnosis of tuberculous osteomyelitis of proximal fibula was established. She was managed non-operatively with multidrug antitubercular chemotherapy. A high index of suspicion is required to make a diagnosis of musculoskeletal tuberculosis of such a rare site in the early stages.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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