Tuberculous sacroiliitis: a case report
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Işik Keleş1, Gülümser Aydin, Ozlem L Kitay
1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey. ikeles@ttnet.net.tr
Rheumatology International
|November 5, 2003
Abstract:
Tuberculosis can affect sacroiliac joints, but only a few such cases have been reported. The onset is usually insidious, and early diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion. We report herein a culture-proven case of tuberculous sacroiliitis which initially mimicked neoplastic infiltration on CT scan.
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