RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An uncommon cause of foot ulcer: tuberculous osteomyelitis
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 140
OP 141
DO 10.1136/emj.18.2.140
VO 18
IS 2
A1 M C Yuen
A1 W K Tung
YR 2001
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/18/2/140.abstract
AB Tuberculous osteomyelitis is an uncommon infection that usually involves the vertebrae. An otherwise healthy young man with a chronic discharging sinus on his right foot caused by tuberculous osteomyelitis is described. The risk factors, clinical features, radiological findings, and investigations of tuberculous osteomyelitis are briefly reviewed. Tuberculous osteomyelitis usually runs an insidious course; emergency physicians should be aware of the possibility of tuberculous osteomyelitis especially when patients present with chronic unexplained musculoskeletal symptoms.