title: Tenosynovitis: a rare presentation of tuberculosis better known by hand surgeons than infectious diseases specialists.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Clinical presentation of tuberculosis is pleomorphic. Some forms are rare and better known by surgeons than infectious disease specialists.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a rare case of isolated chronic tenosynovitis of the wrist due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a 66-year-old man and review similar cases in the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On literature search, only 23 other cases of tuberculous tenosynovitis were retrieved. Our case is similar, with an insidious classical presentation. The diagnosis was suggested at the surgical presentation by the presence of rice body masses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis of tuberculous tenosynovitis should be considered in chronic tenosynovitis. Functional prognosis may be committed without adequate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital, 42055, Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Amandine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gagneux-Brunon
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jacomo
authors.forename: Thibault
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rousselon
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lucht
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Botelho-Nevers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*