IRM de l'arthrite tuberculeuse du genou

Profile of Knee’s Bone and Joint Tuberculosis in Adults: About 33 Cases

“…In our series, tuberculosis of knee appears as exclusive young adult, mostly male. This male predominance is also found in some works [11] [12]. Opposed to them, Taarit [9] found a minor female predominance (52.77%).…”

“…In this series, night fever, night sweat and weight loss were the most frequent ( Table 1). Pain and swelling were the main consultations reasons found in our patients (93.10%) and equally found in literature [5]- [12] The swelling seems to be due to the joint effusion but also to hypertrophy of the synovial membrane [2] [3] as testify the CT-scan image and the aspect during surgery (Figure 5).…”

“…Habitual clinical table is that of a sub-acute or chronic knee mono arthritis with a significant quadriceps amyotrophy, evolving towards a progressive aggravation in several weeks or months [2] [3] [12]. This arthritis can be isolated or sometimes associated with other localizations of tuberculosis as was the case on 5 patients.…”

“…For some authors [12]- [21], the surgical treatment is no more systematic in the OAT, independently from the location because of the improvement of the medical treatment. In our working conditions, surgical treatment keeps its place in the therapeutic arsenal of the knee white tumor; as our consultation times are quite late, and that injuries are important; also because of our poor technical plate.…”