Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon

F. Franceschi; U. G. Longo; L. Ruzzini; V. Denaro

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624

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Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon

F. Franceschi
U. G. Longo
L. Ruzzini
V. Denaro

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Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon

Franceschi F, Longo UG, Ruzzini L, Denaro V. Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007;89-B(11):1525-1526. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624

Franceschi, F., et al. “Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, vol. 89-B, no. 11, 2007, pp. 1525-1526., https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624

Franceschi, F., Longo, U. G., Ruzzini, L., & Denaro, V. (2007). Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon. The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 89-B(11), 1525-1526. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624

Franceschi, F., Longo, U. G., Ruzzini, L. and Denaro, V. (2007) “Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume, 89-B(11), pp. 1525-1526. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624

Franceschi, F., U. G. Longo, L. Ruzzini, and V. Denaro. “Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon.” The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume 89-B, no. 11 (2007): 1525-1526. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624

Franceschi F, Longo UG, Ruzzini L, Denaro V. Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007 Nov 1;89-B(11):1525-1526. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624

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Abstract

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.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr U. G. Longo; e-mail: g.longo@unicampus.it

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