A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Tuberculous disease of the Tuberculous disease of the left wrist-joint. The irregularity and the di-minished size of the carpal bones indicate the extent of the destructive patient, the mother of the child (Figs. 10 and 11) with Potfs disease, diedwithin a year, of tuberculosis of the lungs. turn may be destroyed by the advancing disease. In the earlvcases the affected bone is enlarged, sjDindle-shaped, and is some- DISEASES OF ARTICULATIONS OF UPPER EXTREMITTA93 what sensitive to pressure. At this stage repair may take placewith
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Tuberculous disease of the Tuberculous disease of the left wrist-joint. The irregularity and the di-minished size of the carpal bones indicate the extent of the destructive patient, the mother of the child (Figs. 10 and 11) with Potfs disease, diedwithin a year, of tuberculosis of the lungs. turn may be destroyed by the advancing disease. In the earlvcases the affected bone is enlarged, sjDindle-shaped, and is some- DISEASES OF ARTICULATIONS OF UPPER EXTREMITTA93 what sensitive to pressure. At this stage repair may take placewith but little ultimate change from the normal, but in manyinstances the bone is perforated and in part destroyed, the neigh-boring joint is involved, and the finger becomes stunted anddistorted. In 159 cases tabulated by Karewski/ the metacarpal boneswere diseased in 65 instances; the phalanges in 57; the meta-tarsal bones in 29; the phalanges of the toes in 8. In a numberof instances several of the bones and larger joints were involvedalso (159 cases in 135 patients). The dis
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