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Tuberculosis of the distal end of the radius mimicking a giant-cell tumour

Pan KL 1 , Ibrahim S 2

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  • 1 K L Pan, FRCS. Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching
  • 2 S Ibrahim, FRCS. Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty ofMedicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 2000 Sep;55 Suppl C:105-6.
PMID: 11200036

Abstract

We report a case of a lady presenting with a lesion in the distal radius with classical radiological features of a giant-cell tumour. These tumours are often resected without preliminary histological confirmation. A biopsy done in this patient showed it to be tuberculosis.

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