title: An isolated case of first metatarsal tuberculosis.
abstract: An apparently healthy adolescent presented to us with multiple discharging sinuses from his right foot for the past 1 year. All serological parameters were within normal limits. X-ray picture revealed an expansile osteolytic lesion of first metatarsal. Tissue biopsy and PCR confirmed it be of tubercular etiology. The incidence of isolated occurrence of metatarsal tuberculosis is very rare and the diagnostic dilemma it brings about is briefly discussed in the following report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University , Udupi, Karnataka , India.
authors.forename: Sandesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University , Udupi, Karnataka , India.
authors.forename: Monappa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University , Udupi, Karnataka , India.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vijayan
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics , Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University , Udupi, Karnataka , India.
authors.forename: Sharath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rao