Tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist with extensor pollicis longus rupture: a case report

INTRODUCTION: The tendon sheaths constitute an uncommon target of extra-articular tuberculosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a rare case of tuberculous tenosynovitis of the wrist involving the extensor tendon with rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon in a 55-year-old Indian man. CONCLUSIO...

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Autores principales: Lall, Hitesh, Nag, Suman Kumar, Jain, Vijay Kumar, Khare, Rahul, Mittal, Deepak
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-142
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author Lall, Hitesh
Nag, Suman Kumar
Jain, Vijay Kumar
Khare, Rahul
Mittal, Deepak
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Nag, Suman Kumar
Jain, Vijay Kumar
Khare, Rahul
Mittal, Deepak
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description INTRODUCTION: The tendon sheaths constitute an uncommon target of extra-articular tuberculosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a rare case of tuberculous tenosynovitis of the wrist involving the extensor tendon with rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon in a 55-year-old Indian man. CONCLUSION: Prompt surgical debridement and tissue diagnosis are essential for the diagnosis and treatment of this type of infection. With an accurate and timely diagnosis, appropriate surgery and antituberculous treatment may eradicate these infections and prevent complications.
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spelling pubmed-28038112010-01-10 Tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist with extensor pollicis longus rupture: a case report Lall, Hitesh Nag, Suman Kumar Jain, Vijay Kumar Khare, Rahul Mittal, Deepak J Med Case Reports Case report INTRODUCTION: The tendon sheaths constitute an uncommon target of extra-articular tuberculosis. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a rare case of tuberculous tenosynovitis of the wrist involving the extensor tendon with rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon in a 55-year-old Indian man. CONCLUSION: Prompt surgical debridement and tissue diagnosis are essential for the diagnosis and treatment of this type of infection. With an accurate and timely diagnosis, appropriate surgery and antituberculous treatment may eradicate these infections and prevent complications. BioMed Central 2009-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2803811/ /pubmed/20062777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-142 Text en Copyright ©2009 Lall et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case report
Lall, Hitesh
Nag, Suman Kumar
Jain, Vijay Kumar
Khare, Rahul
Mittal, Deepak
Tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist with extensor pollicis longus rupture: a case report
title Tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist with extensor pollicis longus rupture: a case report
title_full Tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist with extensor pollicis longus rupture: a case report
title_fullStr Tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist with extensor pollicis longus rupture: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist with extensor pollicis longus rupture: a case report
title_short Tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist with extensor pollicis longus rupture: a case report
title_sort tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis of the wrist with extensor pollicis longus rupture: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-142
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