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Due to slight injury, the weakened vessel wall ruptures, producing an extravasation of blood, in which the tubercle bacilli settle down. Eventually this forms a tubercle follicle along with endothelial cells, lymphocytes, and giant cells. Gradually this follicle enlarges and is seen to the naked eye as a nodule in the bone marrow. Certain changes occur in the tuberculous nodule which are as follows.
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Iyer, K.M. (2013). Tuberculosis. In: Iyer, K. (eds) General Principles of Orthopedics and Trauma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4444-1_7
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