Tuberculous bursitis of the wrist after anti-TNFalpha treatment: a case report

• Authors: Avgoustidis Nestor , Sipsas Nikolaos , Evangelou Konstantinos , Pikazis Dimitrios
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this report, we describe a case of tuberculous bursitis-osteomyelitis of the wrist, in an elderly patient with rheumatoid arthritis and anti-TNFalpha (anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha) treatment.

Keywords

EN

Tuberculous; Bursitis; Tumor necrosis factor

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 62-64

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2010

online

29 - 1 - 2010

Contributors

author

Avgoustidis Nestor

• Pathophysiology Department, Laikon General Hospital and Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527, Athens, Greece

author

Sipsas Nikolaos

• Pathophysiology Department, Laikon General Hospital and Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527, Athens, Greece

author

Evangelou Konstantinos

• 1st Department of Pathology, Laiko General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527, Athens, Greece

author

Pikazis Dimitrios

• Pathophysiology Department, Laikon General Hospital and Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527, Athens, Greece

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-009-0078-6