Monoarticular Poncet Disease after Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Rare Case Report and Review of Literature
Author(s) -
Paritosh Garg,
Nikhil Gupta,
Mohit Arora
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/15-199
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , polyarthritis , disease , arthritis , reactive arthritis , dermatology , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , immunology , pathology
Tuberculosis is a major health problem worldwide, more so in Asian countries and especially India. Being a communicable disease, it can affect the lives of many people. Tuberculosis has varied manifestations and can affect almost every part of the human body. Pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common form. Poncet disease (tuberculous rheumatism) is a polyarticular arthritis that occurs during acute tuberculosis infection in which no mycobacterial involvement can be found or no other known cause of polyarthritis is detected.
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