We presented three patients with trochanteric tuberculosis and described the clinical and imaging findings of the infection. Histology revealed a necrotizing granulomatous bursitis and microbiology confirmed tuberculosis. All cases were successfully treated with bursectomy and curettage of the trochanteric lesion and antituberculous chemotherapy including isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin, and ethambutol.
Aged, 80 and over ; Antitubercular Agents/*therapeutic use ; *Bursitis/diagnostic imaging/pathology/therapy ; *Curettage ; Female ; *Femur/diagnostic imaging/pathology/surgery ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; *Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular/diagnostic imaging/pathology/therapy