We present the case of a 54-year-old right-handed woman with no medical history rheumatic disease or trauma to upper extremities who developed painful nodules along her left extremity and torso immediately after receiving mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine booster for COVID-19 in extremity. Most subsided within several days, but persisted over dorsum wrist physical examination imaging findings consis...

Background Clinically suspect arthralgia (CSA) is characterized by of small joints and considered a risk stage for development rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, it remains unknown if the function hands already affected what mechanisms underlie impaired hand in CSA. Objectives We aimed to study extent CSA-patients, whether that would reflect underlying subclinical inflammation, can be value cl...

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.

INTRODUCTION Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease, which is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. High numbers of people are still affected by this disease in some of the developing countries however, it is rarely seen in non-endemic regions. Cutaneous and neurological manifestations are the common and classical presentations of leprosy. Musculoskeletal involvement is the third most ...

BACKGROUND Tenosynovitis is widely accepted to be common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and postulated to be the first manifestation of RA, but its true prevalence in early disease and in particular the hand has not been firmly established. The aims of this study were first to investigate the frequency and distribution of finger flexor tenosynovitis using ultrasound in early arthritis, second to ...

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...