A case of Poncet's disease (tuberculous rheumatism).
Journal: Rheumatology International
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Abstract
We describe a 37-year-old woman with recurrent polyarthritis, and recurrent erythema nodosum on the flexible side of her left forearm. On an X-ray of the chest, infiltration of the right upper lobe was observed. Transcription-reverse transcription concerted reaction in sputum samples revealed Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). Resolution of the polyarthritis with anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs occurred in 3 days. We diagnosed her with Poncet's disease (PD). PD is considered to be a reactive arthritis, which is a different entity from tuberculous arthritis. Although PD is a rare disease, we should be aware of it as one of the differential diagnoses, even in patients without typical symptoms of TB.
Authors
Haruko Ideguchi, Shigeru Ohno, Kaoru Takase, Toshinori Tsukahara, Takeshi Kaneko, Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo
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