Tubercular rheumatism - Poncet's disease
Poncet's disease is a rare form of tuberculosis (TB). It is described as a hypersensitivity reaction of extra-articular TB, which manifests as acute-onset non-destructive polyarthritis of large joints. It resolves completely on anti-tubercular therapy. We describe a case of a young female patie...
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| author | Abhinav Kumar Ashish Kumar Singh Priya Bansal Rohit Bansal |
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| description | Poncet's disease is a rare form of tuberculosis (TB). It is described as a hypersensitivity reaction of extra-articular TB, which manifests as acute-onset non-destructive polyarthritis of large joints. It resolves completely on anti-tubercular therapy. We describe a case of a young female patient who presented with symmetrical polyarthritis on a background of tubercular lymphadenitis. The workup for rheumatological diseases was negative. A diagnosis of Poncet's disease or tubercular rheumatism was made by exclusion. There was complete resolution of symptoms of joint disease following anti-tubercular therapy. Poncet's disease should be kept under suspicion in TB endemic areas while investigating patients of arthritis. In a resource-limited setting, in patients with TB, the response of coincident inflammatory arthritis to anti-tubercular therapy may be first observed, before subjecting them to further investigations and/or empirical therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-834a805d254b4414a26a040e6004aac42022-12-21T23:02:13ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth2589-83022589-83102021-01-01141979910.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_313_19Tubercular rheumatism - Poncet's diseaseAbhinav KumarAshish Kumar SinghPriya BansalRohit BansalPoncet's disease is a rare form of tuberculosis (TB). It is described as a hypersensitivity reaction of extra-articular TB, which manifests as acute-onset non-destructive polyarthritis of large joints. It resolves completely on anti-tubercular therapy. We describe a case of a young female patient who presented with symmetrical polyarthritis on a background of tubercular lymphadenitis. The workup for rheumatological diseases was negative. A diagnosis of Poncet's disease or tubercular rheumatism was made by exclusion. There was complete resolution of symptoms of joint disease following anti-tubercular therapy. Poncet's disease should be kept under suspicion in TB endemic areas while investigating patients of arthritis. In a resource-limited setting, in patients with TB, the response of coincident inflammatory arthritis to anti-tubercular therapy may be first observed, before subjecting them to further investigations and/or empirical therapy.http://www.mjdrdypv.org/article.asp?issn=2589-8302;year=2021;volume=14;issue=1;spage=97;epage=99;aulast=Kumarpolyarthritisponcet diseasetuberculosistubercular rheumatism |
| spellingShingle | Abhinav Kumar Ashish Kumar Singh Priya Bansal Rohit Bansal Tubercular rheumatism - Poncet's disease Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth polyarthritis poncet disease tuberculosis tubercular rheumatism |
| title | Tubercular rheumatism - Poncet's disease |
| title_full | Tubercular rheumatism - Poncet's disease |
| title_fullStr | Tubercular rheumatism - Poncet's disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tubercular rheumatism - Poncet's disease |
| title_short | Tubercular rheumatism - Poncet's disease |
| title_sort | tubercular rheumatism poncet s disease |
| topic | polyarthritis poncet disease tuberculosis tubercular rheumatism |
| url | http://www.mjdrdypv.org/article.asp?issn=2589-8302;year=2021;volume=14;issue=1;spage=97;epage=99;aulast=Kumar |
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