Two cases of Poncet's disease.
Poncet's disease is a rare polyarthritis occurring in patients with tuberculous infections. We describe two cases of polyarthritis, one secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis, the other secondary to tuberculous infection of the elbow joint. In both cases the arthritis rapidly subsided with chemotherapy.
D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology*; D004551:Elbow Joint; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*