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Focal Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Calcaneus Secondary to Direct Extension from an Infected Retrocalcaneal Bursa

Ibrahim Fikry Abdelwahab, MD ^*, Michael J. Klein, MD , George Hermann, MD  and Mohammed Abdul-Quader, MD 

^* Department of Radiology, New York Methodist Hospital, affiliated with Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Brooklyn, NY.
Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
Department of Radiology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.

Corresponding author: Ibrahim Fikry Abdelwahab, MD, Department of Radiology, New York Methodist Hospital, 506 Sixth St, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Abstract

We report a case of focal tuberculous involvement of the posterior margin of the calcaneus with preservation of the articular margin. The route of infection was direct extension through tuberculous retrocalcaneal bursitis, a rare and atypical pathogenesis. Magnetic resonance imaging was helpful in ruling out neoplasm and in limiting the diagnosis to an inflammatory infectious process. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 95(3): 285–290, 2005)