[Tuberculous osteomyelitis in the lateral cuneiform bone causing prolonged pain].

Tuberculous osteomyelitis is an uncommon infection. In this case report, a 29-year-old Greenlandic male with increasing pain, swelling and discolouring of his left foot for four months was admitted to the hospital. He had no systemic symptoms. A CT scan of the foot showed a pathological fracture of the lateral cuneiform bone, and a chest X-ray revealed apical infiltrates indicating tuberculosis. Cultivation of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis which confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the lungs and bone. The patient was treated with immobilization of the foot and antitubercular drugs for 12 months.