Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon

F Franceschi; U G Longo; L Ruzzini; V Denaro

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624

Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007 Nov;89(11):1525-6. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624.

Authors

F Franceschi¹, U G Longo, L Ruzzini, V Denaro

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Via Longoni 83, 00155 Rome, Italy.

PMID: 17998195
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624

Abstract

Among the variety of differential diagnoses for chronic patellar tendinopathy, isolated tuberculosis is extremely rare. We report such a case, without any evident primary contiguous or distant focus, in a 31-year-old immunocompetent male.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
Ethambutol / therapeutic use*
Humans
Male
Patellar Ligament / microbiology*
Radiography
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / drug therapy*

Substances

Antitubercular Agents
Ethambutol