Tuberculous Synovitis of Knee Joint.

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis of the appendicular skeleton is an uncommon infection by tubercle bacilli. Thirty percent of the skeletal tuberculosis involves joints, the knee being the third most common joint affected. We report a case of tuberculous synovitis of the knee joint in a 69 years old male. The diagnosis was done by Ziehl – Neelsen stain and culture on Lowenstein – Jensen medium of the synovial fluid along with X-ray finding of the knee joint. Though the sputum sample was negative for AFB, X-ray of the chest showed finding suggestive of old pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient was treated with the anti tubercular regimen and responded well .