Tuberculous flexor 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...

5 Points on Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis of the Hand.

Atypical presentation of tuberculous tenosynovitis of the hand.

Tuberculous Tenosynovitis of the Wrist and Hand- A Case report

Tenosynovitis, one of the common reasons of wrist pain, may has various aetiologies. One of the infectious causes of the wrist tenosynovitis is M. tuberculosis. Although antituberculosis drugs reduced the incidence of M. Tuberculosis infections, its prevalence is again increasing due to immune deficiency syndromes [1]. It is mainly known as a pulmonary disease. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis invol...

Isolated tuberculous tenosynovitis of the flexor carpi ulnaris: a case report and review of literature.

Musculoskeletal involvement is seen in only about 1.3% of all patients with tuberculosis. Very few cases of isolated tuberculous synovitis have been reported. The rarity of this condition often leads to the failure to consider tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis, resulting in delayed therapy. We present one such case of isolated tuberculous tenosynovitis of the flexor carpi ulnaris in an...