[Tuberculosis of patella. a case report]

ABSTRACT

Osteoarticular tuberculosis is a rare affection that touches the knee in 8 per cent of cases and particularly the kneecap in less 0.1 per cent. We return a case of the kneecap tuberculosis at a child of 10 years vaccinated correctly by the BCG with an osteolytic lesion in the right kneecap. The diagnosis has been confirmed by a histological exam and the child received a treatment during 12 months with good evolution