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. 2022 Jul 25:55:e01002022.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0100-2022. eCollection 2022.

Cystic Tuberculosis of the Humerus

Rojbin Ceylan Tekin  1 , Emin Özkul  2 , Recep Tekin  3
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Cystic Tuberculosis of the Humerus

Rojbin Ceylan Tekin et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .
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Conflict of interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. Radiological examination of the left humerus revealed osteolytic lesions.
FIGURE 2:
FIGURE 2:. Computed tomography scan of the left shoulder showed a crescentic lucency in the humeral head (a) and magnetic resonance imaging of the patient’s left shoulder area revealed extensive hypointense erosions of the left humerus (b).
FIGURE 3:
FIGURE 3:. Intraoperative image showing thick whitish pus discharge from the lesion site.
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