Miliary tuberculosis presenting as tenosynovitis in a case of rheumatoid arthritis.
A 77-year-old woman with a seropositive nodular rheumatoid arthritis and vasculitis, who was treated with high doses of corticosteroids and intravenous cyclophosphamide, developed miliary tuberculosis that was heralded by a tenosynovitis in her right wrist. A 1-year course of anti-tuberculous therapy resulted in complete resolution of the tenosynovitis and disseminated infection.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
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Hajj Ali
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Haraoui
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D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy