title: [Osteoarticular tuberculosis with destructive wrist arthritis secondary to extrapulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: A case is presented of a 69 year old male patient with a history of wrist fracture from over 50 years ago with pain refractory to analgesics and with joint destruction of the wrist in conventional radiology. We have conducted a review of extrapulmonary tuberculous osteoarthritis discussing the diagnosis and treatment of this unusual presentation of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de cirugía de la mano, Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Albacete, Albacete, España. pedrotorres5loz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Torres Lozano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gallach Sanchis
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pardo Coello
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology