Outcome of single-stage total hip arthroplasty in advanced active tubercular arthritis of the hip in Indian patients

Figure 5 Imaging information of a 27 years old female with advanced active stage 3 tuberculosis left hip. A: Pre-operative pelvic radiograph (anteroposterior view) of the patient; B: Immediate post-op radiograph of the patient following hybrid total hip arthroplasty, showing breach in the femoral cortex; C: Radiograph of the patient at the time of last follow-up; D: Tuberculosis hip confirmed on light microscopy, hematoxylin and eosin-stained section from the biopsy material shows clusters of epithelioid histiocytes along with Langhans giant cells in a background of chronic inflammatory infiltrate and foci of caseous necrosis (100 ×). Blue arrow (downfacing): Langhans giant cells, blue arrow (right facing): Epithelioid histiocyte, blue arrow (left facing): Necrosis.