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REPORT OF A CASE

GEORGE E. BENNETT, M.D.; H. ALVAN JONES, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1935;30(4):563-572.

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While there have been numerous reports of cases of tuberculous lesions of the diaphysis of a long bone in the German and French literature, references to such lesions in the American journals have been rare. It is because of the comparatively few reports found in the American literature and because of the extreme difficulty in the differential diagnosis that we have been prompted to report the occurrence of a fulminating type of diaphyseal tuberculosis that remained unrecognized prior to the postmortem examination.

REPORT OF CASE

History.

—A colored man, aged 22, was first seen in the outpatient department on April 13, 1932, complaining of pain in the left knee.

The family history was unimportant. The patient's general health had always been good, and he had had no acute illnesses except an attack of grip in December 1931, at which time he was ill for about four weeks. He frequently had . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

From the Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Footnotes
The pathologic material was obtained through the courtesy of the Department of Pathology.

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