title: Tuberculosis of wrist joint in an 8-year-old child presenting as hamate osteitis: A rare case report.
abstract: Tuberculosis rarely involves wrist joint and is usually diagnosed in arthritic stage. We, hereby, describe a case of TB afflicting wrist joint in a young child. To our knowledge, similar presentation has never been reported. Diagnostic dilemma became more pronounced as the radiograph presented with features of osteitis of hamate instead of a classical phemister's triad, as is usually expected.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anshul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Dhananjaya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sabat
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Maulana Azad Medical College and Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Abhishek K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sambharia
keywords: Osteitis hamate; Paediatric TB; Wrist tuberculosis