Tuberculosis of the greater trochanteric bursa

✍ Scribed by Susan Rehm-Graves; Allan J. Weinstein; Leonard H. Calabrese; Sebastian A. Cook; Francis R. S. Boumphrey

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 419 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780260112

✦ Synopsis

A patient with tuberculosis of the greater trochanteric bursa is described, and the clinical and radiographic characteristics of the infection are reviewed. Despite the infrequency of skeletal tuberculosis, this infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic hip pain.

Skeletal tuberculosis is an uncommon disorder.

Of the 27,749 cases of tuberculosis reported to the Centers for Disease Control in 1980 (I), fewer than 1% involved the musculoskeletal system. Because of this infrequency, tuberculosis may not be considered during the evaluation of patients with chronic musculoskeletal symptoms. We report a patient with tu- berculosis of the greater trochanteric bursa who demonstrates the importance of a complete medical history and a careful evaluation for tuberculosis in such patients.

CASE REPORT

A 67-year-old woman was admitted to the Cleveland Clinic Hospital for evaluation of back and hip pain of 30 years' duration which had become more severe during the previous year. The pain was located in the left hip and buttock, radiated to the left foot, and From the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.