[Tuberculous arthritis in a 2 year old toddler].

A 2-year-old patient of Romanian origin, with no prior history, presented limping of the lower right extremity lasting for 3 months. The child, a female, presented no fever and upon inspection presented aversion to walking and support with the affected limb. Upon examination there was evident pain and limitation to external rotation and hip abduction. The X-ray showed de-structuration of the femoral head (Fig. 1). Faced with the possibility of osteomyelitis, a magnetic resonance was performed which showed findings compatible with septic arthritis of the coxofemoral joint with proximal femoral osteomyelitis (Fig. 2a) and b)). Because of the poor progression, the origin of the patient and the radiologic findings, a more ample study was undertaken, performing Mantoux testing which was positive (22 mm) and a chest X-ray which posterior upper left lung lobe segment consolidation. Thorax