Abstract
BackgroundPoncet’s disease is a rare reactive polyarthritis associated with active tuberculosis and no evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the affected joint.Case presentationWe report a case of a 35 year old Human Immunodeficiency Virus positive Kenyan male of Kikuyu ethnicity from Kiambu County who presented to hospital with a 6 day history of bilateral knee pain and swelling, bilateral ankle pain with right ankle swelling. The patient reported 6 months history of cough and weight loss. Chest radiograph had features consistent with pulmonary tuberculosis and sputum smear was positive for acid fast bacilli. Analysis of fluid from knee effusion showed no evidence of tuberculosis. Resolution of joint swelling was seen after 3 weeks of tuberculosis chemotherapy suggesting that this was reactive arthritis following pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus.ConclusionThis case represents a rare manifestation of tuberculosis presenting as a reactive arthritis. There are very few cases of Poncet’s disease reported in literature and the diagnosis of Poncet’s disease in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/tuberculosis coinfected patient is extremely uncommon. This case report has been presented to raise awareness of this unusual tuberculosis complication and review its diagnosis and treatment.
Highlights
Poncet’s disease is a rare reactive polyarthritis associated with active tuberculosis and no evidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the affected joint.Case presentation: We report a case of a 35 year old Human Immunodeficiency Virus positive Kenyan male of Kikuyu ethnicity from Kiambu County who presented to hospital with a 6 day history of bilateral knee pain and swelling, bilateral ankle pain with right ankle swelling
This case represents a rare manifestation of tuberculosis presenting as a reactive arthritis
We present a case of reactive arthritis accompanying pulmonary tuberculosis and review literature to help document the salient clinical findings in Poncet’s disease
Summary
This case represents a rare manifestation of tuberculosis presenting as a reactive arthritis. In a high burden tuberculosis and HIV infection setting, early recognition would help forestall complications resulting from delayed treatment. There are very few cases of Poncet’s disease reported in literature and the diagnosis of Poncet’s disease in HIV/tuberculosis coinfected patient is extremely uncommon. This case report has been presented to raise awareness of this unusual tuberculosis complication and review its diagnosis and treatment. Authors’ contributions EO acquired and interpreted data, critically revised manuscript. BS acquired and interpreted data, obtained consent, drafted manuscript. All authors have contributed significantly to this work.
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