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[Present status of Poncet's tuberculous rheumatism. A new case]
C Beauvais1, L Veillon, A Prier
1Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
Revue Du Rhumatisme (Ed. Francaise : 1993)
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
A case of noninfectious polyarthritis of over one year's duration with calcaneal enthesopathy in a patient with visceral tuberculosis is reported. This pattern, termed Poncet's disease, shares pathophysiologic mechanisms with Freund's complete adjuvant-induced arthritis. Future studies should include polymerase chain reaction studies to look for the tubercle bacillus in joint fluid or synovial biopsy specimens.