title: Tuberculosis of the knee.
abstract: Extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis are reported in less than one in five cases with the knee affected in 8% after the spine and hip. We report a case of isolated highly erosive tuberculosis of the knee presenting in a previously fit Vietnamese woman. The difficulties of diagnosis, modalities of chemotherapeutic management, and surgical treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire;
authors.forename: Surjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lidder
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Mallick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haroon
authors.forename: Mitra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahidi
authors.forename: Magdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Guindi