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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 89-B, Issue 11, 1525-1526.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B11.19624  
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Isolated tuberculosis of the patellar tendon

F. Franceschi, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon1; U. G. Longo, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon1; L. Ruzzini, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon1; and V. Denaro, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor1

1 Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Biomedico University, Via Longoni 83, 00155 Rome, Italy.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr U. G. Longo; e-mail: g.longo{at}unicampus.it

Among the variety of differential diagnoses for chronic patellar tendinopathy, isolated tuberculosis is extremely rare. We report such a case, without any evident primary contiguous or distant focus, in a 31-year-old immunocompetent male.






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