Ankle tuberculosis: an unusual presentation

Tuberculosis a leading cause of ill-health. Skeletal tuberculosis is a less common extrapulmonary manifestation of the disease which can cause monoarticular involvement. Isolated involvement of joints encompasses a spectrum of differential diagnoses such as infectious, inflammatory or neoplastic processes, where a high degree of suspicion is necessary for the diagnosis of tuberculous involvement. Here, we report a rare presentation of ankle joint monoarthritis due to tuberculosis without pulmonary involvement. Ankle and foot tuberculosis (AFTB) is very uncommon (