title: [Tuberculous destruction of the talus--a rare form of extrapulmonary skeletal TBC--a case report].
abstract: A 29 year old vietnamesian patient comes to an examination because of pain in the ankle one week after the arrival in Germany. The clinical examination is inconspicuous, x-ray pictures show a necrosis of the talus. A puncture is sterile. A partial astragalektomie is done. Histology demonstrates a tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Tübingen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jockheck
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Meeder
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001174:Arthrodesis; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016267:External Fixators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D013628:Talus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Die tuberkulöse Destruktion des Talus--Eine seltene Form der extrapulmonalen Skelett-TBC--Eine Fallbeschreibung.