title: Tuberculosis of patella.
abstract: Osteoarticular tuberculosis is rare and affects the knee in about 8% of cases and the patella in less than 0.1%. This study reports a series of five patients who were immunologically competent but living in an endemic area for tuberculosis. Treatment with antituberculous therapy and early mobilization of the knee joint led to a successful outcome in all cases without patellectomy or arthrodesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India. ravimittal66@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Trikha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rastogi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D013585:Synovitis / Q000382:microbiology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents