Tubercular osteomyelitis of calcaneum bone: A rare occurrence

Abstract

In spite of the endemic nature of tuberculosis in India, skeletal tuberculosis is relatively infrequent. Involvement of foot bones is uncommon and isolated calcaneum is even rarer. Osteoarticular tuberculosis is a diagnostic enigma, as the characteristic signs and symptoms of this disease may be absent, or mimic other disorders, leading to emergence of complications and therapeutic delay, particularly when the disease affects unusual sites. Here, we are reporting the case of 20-year-old male, who presented with a rare localization of tubercular osteomyelitis involving the calcaneum without adjacent joint involvement to draw attention to this exceptional location in adults, managed with anti-tubercular treatment and gained excellent recovery.