Tuberculous synovitis with "rice bodies" presenting as carpal tunnel syndrome.
A 41-year-old man had typical symptoms and signs of carpal tunnel syndrome. At operation there were multiple large rice bodies along the flexor tendons with a great deal of adherent synovitis involving the index finger. Widespread surgical debridement with excision of involved synovium was done. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from the tenosynovium excised.
Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain.
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000473:pathology*