• Clinical Pain
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.102-106
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• 2019

Tuberculosis in the foot progresses gradually; thus, diagnosis is usually delayed, and early treatment is rarely provided. If osteomyelitis occurs due to delayed diagnosis and treatment, surgical treatment should be considered. We report the case of a 46-year-old man with osteomyelitis of the calcaneus who was diagnosed with multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis and he was treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs. Bilateral adrenal masses, abscess of both testes and a small wound in the left plantar heel were observed. Both adrenal masses and abscess were regarded as paradoxical reaction of anti-tuberculosis treatment. After 1 month, he developed a pain in the left plantar heel that was compatible with calcaneal osteomyelitis in radiological features. He underwent right orchiectomy for right scrotal abscess aggravation and surgical treatment for left calcaneal osteomyelitis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. The patient was immobilized by cast for 8 weeks and the heel pain gradually improved.

• Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.229-232
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• 2002

$10\sim15%$ of tuberculosis infections is extrapumonary. 10% of the extrapulmonary tuberculosis involves the musculoskeletal system. The spine is most frequently affected about 50%. Foot is infrequently sites, with the incidence in the literature varying from $3\sim7%$. Especially isolated calcaneal tuberculosis is very rare. The authors report one case of a 71-year-old female with calcaneal tuberculosis.