Observational studyBMC musculoskeletal disorders2021
Evaluation of patients admitted with musculoskeletal tuberculosis: sixteen years' experience from a single center in Turkey.
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- Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism (FokI) with Susceptibility to Musculoskeletal Tuberculosis: A Case-Control Study from Central India.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- A 70-Year-Old Woman Receiving Immunosuppressive Therapy Presenting With Iliopsoas Abscess, Pulmonary Miliary Tuberculosis, and Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Skeletal Tuberculosis: Clinical and Radiological Profile, Management, and Outcomes in a Retrospective Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- A ten-year experience of musculoskeletal tuberculosis at a tertiary care hospital in South India.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Primary psoas tuberculosis abscess with an iliac bone lytic lesion: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2022Article
- Multifocal tuberculous osteomyelitis mimicking widespread bony metastases: review of literature and case report.Spinal cord series and cases · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of our study was to describe musculoskeletal system tuberculosis (TB) as a single-center experience.
methodsThis is a retrospective observational study conducted at a TB Dispensary in the east Mediterranean part of Turkey between 2004 and 2020. The clinical and demographic characteristics including age, gender, involvement location and duration of illness, presenting complaint, local examination findings, treatment outcome were retrieved and analyzed from the case files. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS Statistics version 17.0 (IBM). The normality of data analysed by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov. The descriptive statistics were reported as mean ± standard deviation, medians, and ranges (min-max).
resultsOverall, 31 patients (3.2 % of all TB cases) with a mean age of 44.2 ± 16.7 years had musculoskeletal tuberculosis. The mean duration of treatment was 12.9 ± 5.5 months. Of the 31 patients, six (19.4 %) had concomitant pulmonary TB. One of the patients was in the pediatrics age group, and two of them were in the geriatric group. The most affected area was the vertebra. The most common complaint of the patients was back pain and seen in 22 patients (70.9 %).
conclusionsThe physicians should be suspicious about the diagnosis of musculoskeletal TB disease. If the diagnosis and treatment are delayed, spinal damage and other consequences might be incurable.
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