Post-traumatic stenosing flexor tenosynovitis

Suppurative Flexor Tenosynovitis Secondary to Hematogenous Seeding

Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis associated with Cellulosimicrobium cellulans.

Cellulosimicrobium cellulans, formerly known as Oerskovia xanthineolytica, is a rare human pathogen, often in association with a foreign body. A case of pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis associated with C. cellulans in an immunocompetent boy is described, underlining the importance of prompt surgical and microbiologic evaluation.

Conservative management of De Quervain's stenosing tenosynovitis: a case report.

OBJECTIVE To chronicle the conservative treatment and management of a 32-year old female patient presenting with radial wrist pain of 4 months duration, diagnosed as De Quervain's stenosing tenosynovitis. CLINICAL FEATURES The primary clinical feature is wrist pain at the radial styloid with resultant impairment of wrist, hand, and thumb function. INTERVENTION AND OUTCOME The conservative t...

An Unusual Cause of Flexor Tenosynovitis: Streptococcus mitis

SUMMARY Streptococcus mitis is a commensal organism of the human oropharynx that rarely causes infection in healthy individuals. Herein, we describe a previously healthy 35-year-old woman who presented with acute pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis of the left index finger due to S. mitis infection. The patient's infection was treated successfully via surgical and medical interventions, and during fo...

Flexor pollicis longus tenosynovitis caused by Mycobacterium marinum infection.

To cite: Iyengar KP, Matar HE, Jayeola AO, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-205443 DESCRIPTION Among infections of the hand, Mycobacterium marinum accounts for 0.04–0.27/100 000 cases; most are caused by superficial abrasions from water and other environmental sources. M. marinum has an extensive habitat and lives in a warm aquatic envi...