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01.06.2015 | Review
Tenosynovitis: a rare presentation of tuberculosis better known by hand surgeons than infectious diseases specialists
verfasst von:
Emmanuelle Weber, Amandine Gagneux-Brunon, V. Jacomo, Thibault Rousselon, Frederic Lucht, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers
Erschienen in:
Infection
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Ausgabe 3/2015
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Abstract
Purpose
Clinical presentation of tuberculosis is pleomorphic. Some forms are rare and better known by surgeons than infectious disease specialists.
Methods
We describe a rare case of isolated chronic tenosynovitis of the wrist due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a 66-year-old man and review similar cases in the literature.
Results
On literature search, only 23 other cases of tuberculous tenosynovitis were retrieved. Our case is similar, with an insidious classical presentation. The diagnosis was suggested at the surgical presentation by the presence of rice body masses.
Conclusion
The diagnosis of tuberculous tenosynovitis should be considered in chronic tenosynovitis. Functional prognosis may be committed without adequate treatment.