title: [Treatment algorithm in synovial tuberculosis of the hand and wrist: a report of three cases].
abstract: Three patients with synovial tuberculosis are presented. Involvement was in the hand in one patient, and in the wrist in two patients. None of the patients had pulmonary tuberculosis or a family history of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis treatment was initiated only after histologic verification. The cultures remained negative. The patients received a 12-month course of multidrug chemotherapy for tuberculosis, resulting in symptomatic improvement and healing. There were no recurrences during a follow-up period of 16 to 26 months. Our clinical observations showed that tuberculosis tenosynovitis benefited well from antituberculosis chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: IST-EL Istanbul Hand Surgery, Microsurgery, and Rehabilitation Group, (IST-EL El Cerrahisi, Mikrocerrahi ve Rehabilitasyon Grubu), Istanbul, Turkey. bulent-ozcelik@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ismail Bülent
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Ozçelik
authors.forename: Atakan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Ilker
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sezer
authors.forename: Selahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oztaş
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D050823:Hand Joints / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents