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Year : 2017 | Volume
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Tubercular monoarthritis of wrist
Prakash Joshi1, Piyush Manoria1, Abhishek Agarwal1, Sony Vyas1, Ravindra Kumar2
1 Department of Medicine, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India 2 Central Research Laboratory, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Abhishek Agarwal Department of Medicine, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute, Indore Ujjain Highway, Indore - 453 111, Madhya Pradesh India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.197891
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Tuberculosis (TB) has been a major health concern since decades, and millions continue to be afflicted with this disease. Extrapulmonary sites of TB must not be neglected as there is paucity of systemic manifestations and absence of distinct clinical features which delay its diagnosis and can lead to functional disability and severe infirmities. Osteoarticular TB is an infrequent form of the disease and monoarthritis of the wrist accounts for 1% of all cases of skeletal involvement. Hereby, we report a 45-year-old female patient with history of progressive pain and swelling of right wrist joint which is refractory to analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs. She was diagnosed to have tubercular monoarthritis after synovial fluid analysis and radiographic findings. Standard antitubercular treatment for 6 months was given. The joint was salvaged after 9 months from the start of the treatment. Pain and swelling of joint were subsided and joint was rehabilitated with full range of motion and weight bearing. |
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