Tuberculous arthritis of the shoulder: delayed diagnosis aided by arthrography.
Tuberculous arthritis of the shoulder was not diagnosed in an 80-year-old man with Addison's disease until the appearance of a draining abscess in his arm. Initially signs, symptoms, x-rays and laboratory studies were consistent with calcific tendonitis and degenerative arthritis. Then an arthrogram demonstrated a connection between the shoulder joint and the abscess. A high level of suspicion for tuberculous arthritis should be maintained in an elderly patient whose past medical history is suspicious for tuberculosis and whose articular complaints are chronic.
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents