Table 1. Literature review of pediatric and adolescent cases of tuberculous trochanteric bursitis[5,7,8,10].
| Author | Publication Year | Age/sex | Predisposing factors | Clinical presentation | Other TB Sites | Plain radiographs | Diagnostic Method | Treatment | Long-term outcome |
| Macnab1101 | 1870 | 11/M | Trauma to hip | From pain and swelling to wound with discharge | NA | NA | Observation | Carbolic acid injected into the abscess. Series of dressing | NA |
| McMurray151 | 1947 | 14/F 7/NA+ | NA | Mild pain and swelling | Not noted | Normal radiographs at time of diagnosis Trochanteric erosion 1 year later | Guinea pig inoculation | Aspiration of abscess Rest | NA |
| Mabille et al.171 | 1981 | 13/M | Home exposure | Pain for 6 months | NA | Trochanteric erosion, STC | NA | Surgery, chemotherapy | NA |
| Jaovisidha et al.181 | 1996 | 17/F | NA | NA | NA | STS | NA | NA | NA |
| Present study | 6*-14/F | Home exposure | Thigh swelling and fluctuation* Chronic wound on the lateral thigh with a minor secretion | Not noted | Lytic lesion and partial reactive sclerosis of the greater trochanter | TB laboratory diagnostics | Two surgeries (abscess evacuation) and antibiotics Series of dressing* Surgery (excision of fistula and trochanteric bursa) and oral antituberculous medications |
Four years after surgery, complete recovery | |
| TB: Tuberculosis; NA: Not available; † Case not described; * At first presentation; STC: Soft tissue calcification; STS: Soft tissue swelling. | |||||||||