Granulomatous tenosynovitis: a rare musculoskeletal manifestation of tuberculosis.
A patient with tenosynovial tuberculosis affecting the extensor tendons of the wrist and hand is presented. This case highlights the clinical and magnetic resonance features of tuberculous tenosynovitis, and seeks to increase awareness of what may represent a resurgent musculoskeletal entity.
Albornoz
M A
MA
Department of Internal Medicine, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, Pennsylvania 19023, USA.
Mezgarzedeh
M
M
Neumann
C H
CH
Myers
A R
AR
D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014953:Wrist / Q000473:pathology