J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1978 Sep;13(3):391-397. 10.4055/jkoa.1978.13.3.391.

A Clinical Study on Peripheral Bone Tuberculosis in 95 Cases

• Oh IS

• KMID: 2460346
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1978.13.3.391

Abstract

This is a retrospective study of 95 peripheral bone tuberculous patients seen at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital for 18 years from Jan. 1959 to Dec. 1977. The most common site of the tuberculosis in this series was greater trochanter (28.9%). The ratio of males to females involved was1.3: 1and the highest age incidence was 1st. decade (27.4%). The patients who visited our hospital within one year from the onset was 46(48.4%). The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was definitely increased in 49.5%. The radiological features of peripheral bone tuberculosis were erosion of the bone, some degree of rarefaction of the adjacent bone, destructive changes, sequestration and mild reactive new bone formatian, but differentiation from pyogenic osteomyelitis and some bone tumors could not be easily done. There were 31 cases of associated tuberculous lesions (32.7%) and among them, pulmonary tuber-culosis were 16 cases (16.8%). Various methods of treatment have been carried out with good results but overall recurrence rate was 29. 6%.

MeSH Terms

Blood Sedimentation
Clinical Study*
Female
Femur
Humans
Incidence
Male
Orthopedics
Osteomyelitis
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Seoul
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular*