title: [Rupture of the flexor tendon of the hand caused by tuberculosis].
abstract: A 47 years-old man presented an atraumatic, spontaneous index flexor tendons rupture. This patient has been treated two years ago for a pulmonary tuberculosis. At surgery, the flexor tendons were infiltrated by a granuloma. Histologic examination was compatible with tuberculosis sequelae. According to literature review, this is the second reported case of a tendon rupture due to tuberculosis granuloma.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Orthopédie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumontier
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maylin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sautet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lenoble
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apoil
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Rupture à la paume des tendons fléchisseurs d'origine tuberculeuse.