Extensor tendon rupture due to Coccidioides immitis. Report of a case.
In a 60-year-old man, extensor tendon rupture was associated with coccidioidal tenosynovitis. Dissemination of Coccidioides immitis to the tenosynovium in the wrist is an unusual complication following pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.
D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014953:Wrist