Septic Tenosynovitis of the Hand

A rare case of Tuberculous tenosynovitis in the palm of the hand in Gilan

A 64-year-old woman with no history of previous illness presented with  a soft tissue swelling of the flexor surfaces of the second finger of the left hand and also palmar surfaces of the same hand without pain and with 2 nodules 1 by 1 cm in that area for about 5 months.  After debridement and excisional biopsy, histopathological examination reported caseous necrotizing granulomatous inflammat...

Septic Arthritis and Tenosynovitis: Diagnosis and Treatment

Bacterial infection of synovial structures, most commonly septic arthritis and septic tenosynovitis, represent potentially devastating musculoskeletal conditions for horses of any type. Bacterial infection of joints and sheathes results in profound inflammation of the synovial membrane and surrounding tissues and may result in rapid, permanent damage to tissues within the joint or sheath. The c...

Tubercular Tenosynovitis of Hand: A Rare Presentation

INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis tenosynovitis of the wrist and hand is an unusual condition. It mimics a number of other clinical conditions such as ganglion, De quervan's disease, carpal tunnel syndrome, granulomatous gout, neurofibroma, and haemangioma. CASE REPORT We present case of 58-year-old male patient with swelling over thenar region of left hand where the initial fine needle aspiration cy...

The septic hand.

The importance of this subject has been universally recognised by the profession for a long time and much study devoted to it. Those who want guidance in understanding and treating infections of the hand can find it in such excellent books as those by Kanavel, Handfield-Jones and Iselin. The signposts are there ifwe take the trouble to use them. Unfortunately the subject, without being exactly ...

Atypical presentation of tuberculous tenosynovitis of the hand.