TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiographic findings of extremity tuberculosis in childhood
T2 - back to the future?
AU - Haygood, T. M.
AU - Williamson, S. L.
PY - 1994/5
Y1 - 1994/5
N2 - Since 1985, there has been an increase in the incidence of skeletal tuberculosis. Although this recent increase may prove to be temporary, familiarity with the protein manifestations of the disease is essential. The authors studied radiographs of 45 children in whom tuberculosis of the extremities had been diagnosed between 1937 and July 1991. Disease involved the hip in 18 cases; the knee in 17; the ankle in five; the shoulder in two; the midfoot in two; and the elbow, wrist, and hands in one each. Radiographic findings included joint effusion, periarticular osteopenia, joint space narrowing, cortical irregularity, lytic lesions, periosteal new bone formation, and advanced epiphyseal maturity. When the hip was involved, subluxation was a common finding. There is no single pathognomonic finding with which to make the diagnosis of skeletal tuberculosis. Clinical information may be helpful.
AB - Since 1985, there has been an increase in the incidence of skeletal tuberculosis. Although this recent increase may prove to be temporary, familiarity with the protein manifestations of the disease is essential. The authors studied radiographs of 45 children in whom tuberculosis of the extremities had been diagnosed between 1937 and July 1991. Disease involved the hip in 18 cases; the knee in 17; the ankle in five; the shoulder in two; the midfoot in two; and the elbow, wrist, and hands in one each. Radiographic findings included joint effusion, periarticular osteopenia, joint space narrowing, cortical irregularity, lytic lesions, periosteal new bone formation, and advanced epiphyseal maturity. When the hip was involved, subluxation was a common finding. There is no single pathognomonic finding with which to make the diagnosis of skeletal tuberculosis. Clinical information may be helpful.
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U2 - 10.1148/radiographics.14.3.8066272
DO - 10.1148/radiographics.14.3.8066272
M3 - Article
C2 - 8066272
AN - SCOPUS:0028435316
SN - 0271-5333
VL - 14
SP - 561
EP - 570
JO - Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc
JF - Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc
IS - 3
ER -