title: A prolonged case of Mycobacterium marinum flexor tenosynovitis: radiographic and histological correlation, and review of the literature.
abstract: We report on a 30-year-old man with prolonged Mycobacterium marinum flexor tenosynovitis. Due to low clinical suspicion, diagnosis was not made until 8 years after initial presentation. The history and magnetic resonance and tissue examination findings are consistent with mycobacterial tenosynovitis. These findings are presented, together with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: USC University Hospital, 1500 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. wongwora@usc.edu
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wongworawat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holtom
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Learch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fedenko
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Stevanovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D019910:Mycobacterium marinum; D011859:Radiography; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors