[Present status of Poncet's tuberculous rheumatism. A new case].
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.
Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
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Beauvais
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Veillon
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Prier
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Haettich
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Kaplan
D000328:Adult; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
Actualité du rhumatisme tuberculeux de Poncet. Une nouvelle observation.