Ramos Carina Guedes, Alves Marcelle Duarte, Pires dos Santos Rodrigo, Falci Diego, Goldani Luciano Zubaran
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ramiro Barcelos 2350, Porto Alegre, RS 90035-002, Brazil.
Cases J. 2009 Mar 10;2:6457. doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-0002-0000006457.
The authors report and discuss the clinical and radiological features of a immunocompetent patient with chronic progressive monoarthritis tuberculosis of the hip without systemic symptoms such as fever, and weight loss presenting as caseating abscess and severe destruction of the hip joint, treated with resection arthroplasty.