Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon.
Among the variety of differential diagnoses for chronic patellar tendinopathy, isolated tuberculosis is extremely rare. We report such a case, without any evident primary contiguous or distant focus, in a 31-year-old immunocompetent male.
Franceschi
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Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Via Longoni 83, 00155 Rome, Italy.
Longo
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Ruzzini
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Denaro
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D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017847:Patellar Ligament / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D004977:Ethambutol