Open AccessIsolated Tuberculous Peroneal Tenosynovitis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
S M Ajoy,
Bheemsingh Samorekar,
Sharath Soman,
Mohan Jadhav
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/14081.6212
Subject(s) - medicine , tenosynovitis , tuberculosis , ankle , incidence (geometry) , surgery , pulmonologist , foot (prosody) , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , physics , optics
Tuberculosis (TB) of osteoarticular sites constitutes less than 3% of total patients with tuberculosis. Involvement of the foot and ankle is less than 0.3% of total disease. Even in a country like India, where the incidence of TB is not uncommon, we do not encounter isolated tenosynovitis. We present a young man with bilateral tubercular peroneal tenosynovitis who was evaluated with relevant investigations and operated upon and started on antitubercular treatment (ATT) in consultation with the pulmonologist. After tenosynovectomy and commencement of ATT, the patient's symptoms improved.