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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul 25;10(7):e6112.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6112. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Tuberculosis arthritis of ankle: A case report

Babak Sayad  1 , Arefeh Babazadeh  2 , Sakineh Shabani  3 , Rezvan Hosseinzadeh  4 , Mohammad Barary  5   6 , Soheil Ebrahimpour  2 , Zeinab Mohseni Afshar  1
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Tuberculosis arthritis of ankle: A case report

Babak Sayad et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) primarily involves the respiratory tract, but any organ in the body can be affected. In recent years, extrapulmonary TB cases have significantly increased due to the prevalence of immunocompromised patients. Here, we report a case of unilateral ankle arthritis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Keywords: arthritis; infection; tuberculosis.

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All authors have no relevant financial interests to be declared.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
(A) Anteroposterior and (B) lateral X‐ray view of ankle and foot of the patient. Severe subchondral erosions and extensive destructive lesions in the ankle, intertarsal, and tarsometatarsal joints, along with periarticular osteoporosis and soft tissue swelling, are evident
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
(A) coronal T1‐weighted, (B) axial T2‐weighted, (C) sagittal Short Tau inversion recovery (STIR), and (D) diffusion‐weighted (DW) magnetic resonance images (MRI) of ankle and foot of the patient. Severe cartilage loss and bone destruction in the ankle joint are evident. Also, bone marrow edema and intermediate to low‐signal lesions in the tibia and fibula with loculation in subcutaneous and extension to the skin can be observed. Moreover, the lesions are high signal in DW images
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