Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon
- 1 November 2007
- journal article
- case report
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 89 (11) , 1525-1526
- https://doi.org/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.Keywords
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