Tuberculous fasciitis and tenosynovitis. An unusual presentation of miliary tuberculosis.
A case of miliary tuberculosis presenting initially as pyogenic fasciitis and tenosynovitis is described. The unusual presenting clinical features suggestive of a noninfectious inflammatory condition resulted in delayed diagnosis. Tuberculous fasciitis and tenosynovitis were diagnosed by the presence of acid-fast bacilli in histopathologic sections and confirmed by the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from cultures of tissue specimens.
Kabani
A M
AM
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Yao
J D
JD
Jadusingh
I H
IH
Lee
B C
BC
D005208:Fasciitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology