Tuberculosis Arthritis of the Sternoclavicular Joint

• 作者: Ben Ayech Mohamed Laziz Jemni Sonia Kaziz Hamdi Naouar Nader Osman Walid Triki Mohamed Amine
• 来源期刊: 矫形学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: TUBERCULOSIS Sternoclavicular JOINT TREATMENT OUTCOME
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（6）
• 页码范围: 135-139
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Tuberculosis remains a public health problem in developing country particularly in Tunisia. Bone location of tuberculosis infection is increasing and is often misdiagnosed due to the weakness of clinical presentation in early stages. Sternoclavicular joint tuberculosis is rare and unusual location of this disease. However, antibiotherapy and surgical debridement is still the basis of treatment. We report a case of sternoclavicular joint tuberculosis with a follow up of four years. The patient was treated surgically and put under antibiotherapy during twelve months. The site was sterilized. We report this case to show that debridement and antibiotherapy still efficient in tuberculous bone affection no matters the location.