Mycobacterial prepatellar bursitis.
Prepatellar bursitis secondary to infection with an atypical mycobacterium developed in an 88-year-old man. A review of all previously reported cases in the English literature indicates tuberculosis is important in the differential diagnosis of prepatellar bursitis.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195.
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Schickendantz
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Watson
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002062:Bursitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications*; D010329:Patella / Q000473:pathology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications*