Tuberculous Pseudotumor of the Proximal End of the Fibula: A Case Report

Ibrahim Fikry Abdelwahab; Steven Poplaw; Mohammed Abdul-Quader; Deepak Naran

Tuberculous Pseudotumor of the Proximal End of the Fibula: A Case Report

Ibrahim Fikry Abdelwahab
, Steven Poplaw
, Mohammed Abdul-Quader
, Deepak Naran

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Abstract

A 72-year-old asian woman who had immigrated from Vietnam 10 years ago presented with a soft tissue mass around the proximal fibula. Conventional radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a destructive lesion of the head of the fibula with an intact superior tibiofibular joint and an abscess surrounding the destroyed bone. Histopathology obtained by a CT-guided needle biopsy revealed necrotizing epithelioid granulomata without demonstrating acid-fast bacilli. However, culture grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When tuberculosis affects the end of a long tubular bone, the adjacent synovial joint is usually involved. Cases where joint involvement does not occur are extremely rare and unusual. We report such a case.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-147
Number of pages	3
Journal	Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases
Volume	61
Issue number	3-4
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Tuberculous Pseudotumor of the Proximal End of the Fibula: A Case Report

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