Shoulder tuberculous arthropathy
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View Dr. Asif Aktar's current disclosures- Caries sicca
- Caries exudata
- Caries mobile
- Shoulder tubercular arthropathy: caries variants
Shoulder tuberculous arthropathy is an uncommon extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis involving the humeral head and/or the glenoid.
Epidemiology
Tuberculosis of the shoulder joint is uncommon skeletal manifestation with an incidence of 0.9-1.7% 1. There is male predominance with common involvement of the left shoulder joint, unlike the pulmonary apical lesion which is more common on the right side 1.
Clinical presentation
Caries variants depend on the presentation tuberculosis of shoulder joint 2:
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type I: caries sicca
classic dry form
patients present with marked wasting of the shoulder and painful restriction of all movement
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type II: caries exudata
florid type
patients present with swelling of the joint, cold abscess and a sinus tract
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type III: caries mobile
patients present with characteristic restriction of active movements of the shoulder but passive movements of varying degrees are present
References
- 1. Patel P R, Patel D A, Thakker T, Shah K, Shah V B. Tuberculosis of shoulder joint. Indian J Orthop 2003;37:7 Read online
- 2. Tuli SM. Tuberculosis of the Skeletal System. Anshan Publishers. (2004) ISBN:8180612708. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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