Tuberculous tenosynovitis.
Tuberculous tenosynovitis is rare and may be overlooked as a cause of chronic tenosynovitis. This report presents a case of a young woman with tuberculosis tenosynovitis of the wrist, and highlights the clinical, imaging, histological, and laboratory features most commonly seen in this disease.
Aboudola
Samer
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Department of Pathology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, IL, USA.
Sienko
Anna
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Carey
Roberta B
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Johnson
Stuart
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D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents