Two Cases of Tuberculous Tenosynovitis

Tuberculous Tenosynovitis Presenting as Ganglion of Wrist

Tuberculosis (TB) is still endemic in many developed countries. Involvement of the hand and wrist at presentation is extremely rare, and the diagnosis is often missed. A 57 years old male presented with swelling over the left wrist since 3 years Three swellings over dorsal aspect of the left wrist Soft in consistency Non tender Non compressible Mobile at right angles to the plane of the wrist j...

Tuberculous Parotitis: Clinical Evaluation of Two Cases

Although parotid gland involvement with tuberculosis is the most common among salivary glands tuberculosis, tuberculous parotitis is rare. Parotis tuberculous is clinically indistinguishable from a parotid tumour and also diagnostic techniques may fail to reveal the diagnosis. We have been presented two cases with diagnosis of parotid gland involvement with tuberculous. We made fine needle aspi...

Tuberculous Duodenal Stenosis: Report of Two Cases

Duodenal tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity. The authors report and emphasize the lack of special clinical, radiological and endoscopic signs of duodenal tuberculosis. The diagnosis is affirmed, at laparotomy, out of the findings of peritoneal granulations or histology of lymphatic nodes. We report our experience of two cases of duodenal tuberculosis presenting with proximal intestinal obst...

Atypical presentation of tuberculous tenosynovitis of the hand.

Tuberculous Tenosynovitis and Ulnar Bursitis of the Wrist

Tuberculous infection of the hand is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that, left untreated, can cause serious joint and tendon damage. We report the case of a 65-year-old male patient who presented with an insidious flexor weakness of the fifth finger but without any history of trauma. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a partial tear of the fifth finger flexor tendon with a fluid co...