Tuberculous ArthritisHakan Yiğit, Fatih Kardaş, Behzat ÖzkanAtatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child Health and Diseases, Erzurum
Osteoarticular tuberculosis is one of the chronic inflammatuary diseases of the joints. Joint inflammation is usually monoarticular and most cases occur in the vertebrae, the hip
and the knee. Early recognition and treatment of this slow progressive disease is important in preventing the complications. In cases with persistent, unexplained joint compliants,
osteoarticular tuberculosis must be thought. In this paper a tuberculous arthritis case in a child is reported who was attempted with resistant knee complaints. Keywords: Tuberculous arthritis, child
Tüberküloz ArtritHakan Yiğit, Fatih Kardaş, Behzat ÖzkanAtatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Erzurum
Anahtar Kelimeler: Tüberküloz artrit, çocuk
Hakan Yiğit, Fatih Kardaş, Behzat Özkan. Tuberculous Arthritis. Medeniyet Med J. 2002; 17(4): 237-238
Corresponding Author: Hakan Yiğit, Türkiye |
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