Tuberculosis arthritis of the metatarsal phalangeal: a rare location

Tuberculosis TB is common in countries constituting endemic areas like Morocco, spinal sites represents half of osteo-articular locations, while peripheral locations in the limbs are rare. The authors relate in this observation the case of a particular location of tuberculosis arthritis. It is osteo...

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Autores principales: Berrady, Mohamed Ali, Hmouri, Ismael, Benabdesslam, Amine, Berrada, Mohamed Salah, El Yaacoubi, Moradh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328618
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.323.4220
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author Berrady, Mohamed Ali
Hmouri, Ismael
Benabdesslam, Amine
Berrada, Mohamed Salah
El Yaacoubi, Moradh
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description Tuberculosis TB is common in countries constituting endemic areas like Morocco, spinal sites represents half of osteo-articular locations, while peripheral locations in the limbs are rare. The authors relate in this observation the case of a particular location of tuberculosis arthritis. It is osteoarthritis of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the 2(nd) ray of the foot. Clinical signs were characterized by a moderately painful swelling of the dorsum of the foot with slow evolution. The definitive diagnosis was histologically obtained. Clinical cure was achieved after 09 months of medical treatment.
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spelling pubmed-41982872014-10-17 Tuberculosis arthritis of the metatarsal phalangeal: a rare location Berrady, Mohamed Ali Hmouri, Ismael Benabdesslam, Amine Berrada, Mohamed Salah El Yaacoubi, Moradh Pan Afr Med J Case Report Tuberculosis TB is common in countries constituting endemic areas like Morocco, spinal sites represents half of osteo-articular locations, while peripheral locations in the limbs are rare. The authors relate in this observation the case of a particular location of tuberculosis arthritis. It is osteoarthritis of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the 2(nd) ray of the foot. Clinical signs were characterized by a moderately painful swelling of the dorsum of the foot with slow evolution. The definitive diagnosis was histologically obtained. Clinical cure was achieved after 09 months of medical treatment. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4198287/ /pubmed/25328618 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.323.4220 Text en © Mohamed Ali Berrady et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tuberculosis arthritis of the metatarsal phalangeal: a rare location
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title_short Tuberculosis arthritis of the metatarsal phalangeal: a rare location
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198287/
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