Ankle Arthroscopy in Early-Stage Ankle Tuberculosis: A Case Report
Ankle tuberculosis (TBC) is observed in 8 to 10% of the patients with skeletal TBC and 0.1 to 0.3% with extrapulmonary TBC. The ankle joint is an unusual place for TBC arthritis. Due to the lack of TBC-pathognomonic symptoms in ankle cases, it may imitate other diseases. It caused a delay in diagnosis. The present study aimed to examine a case in which joint debridement was applied, and the early-stage ankle tuberculosis diagnosis was made with an arthroscopic biopsy.
Authors
- Tahsin Olgun Bayraktar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6544-1710)
- Ali Yüce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3751-6644)
- Mustafa Yerli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2708-5812)
- Nazım Erkurt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4329-1437)
Institutions
- Istanbul Eye Hospital (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7547/22-220
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00