Poncet's disease--case report.
Poncet's disease is a rare polyarthritis occurring in patients with tuberculous infection. We describe two cases of polyarthritis, one secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis, the other secondary to tuberculous infection of lymph nodes. In both cases the arthritis rapidly subsided with chemotherapy.
Thakur
S
S
Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla.
Prasher
B S
BS
Sharma
V
V
D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy