Orthopedics & Traumatology
Online ISSN : 1349-4333
Print ISSN : 0037-1033
ISSN-L : 0037-1033
Two Cases of Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Greater Trochanter
Masaaki Shimizu
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1954 Volume 4 Issue 2 Pages 115-117

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Author experienced recently two cases of tuberculous osteomyelitis of the greater trochanter, and these patients had tuberculous diseases of other organs in the past.
In one case it was believed that the latent foci of tuberculosis had got activity by local bud —heavy-strength, and trauma.
This disease advanced slowly. On the contrary in the another case the latent foci got activity by the general bud, tuberculosis of other organs.
Patient had healed up at a few months, by excision, and these developed favorably.
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