Open AccessBilateral Pathological Subluxation of Hips Secondary to Tuberculosis in an Adult: A Rare Presentation
Author(s) -
Atmananda Hegde,
Rajan Babu,
Abhishek Shetty
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/7398.4054
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , presentation (obstetrics) , pathological , medicine , subluxation , rare disease , disease , pulmonary tuberculosis , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
Clinical descriptions of tuberculosis date back to antiquity. Extra-pulmonary involvement is noted in approximately 14% of patients, with 1% to 8% having osseous disease. In literature, some cases of bilateral traumatic dislocations have been described, but reports on bilateral pathological subluxations or dislocations of hip joints, that too in adults, are extremely rare. Tuberculosis can present in myriad ways and it can mimic any disease. The sole purpose of writing this article was to report one of the extremely rare presentations of skeletal tuberculosis.