Patient Data
Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Tuberculous osteomyelitis of femur
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Intramedullary rounded lucency of the proximal shaft of the left femur with endosteal scalloping.
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Follow up after three months reveals decreased size of the proximal femoral shaft lucency.
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Follow up after 9 months of treatment shows complete resolution of the bone lucency with osseous remodeling and near-complete restoration of normal osseous texture.
Case Discussion
The patient was treated as tuberculous osteomyelitis with symptomatic improvement after 15 days of AKT.
Surgery done - Biopsy taken. Bone grafting was done.
Pathology says - Tuberculosis.