Tuberculous Extensor Tenosynovitis Presenting as Huge Mass on the Dorsum of the Hand

Infectious tuberculous tenosynovitis (TS) of the extensor tendons of the wrist is an exceptional location of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. We present a case of tuberculous extensor TS in a 52-year-old diabetic male patient presenting as a huge mass on the dorsum of the hand, in the absence of other...

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Autores principales: Mansour, Oussama, Moussa, Mohamad K, Khalaf, Zaynab, Zreik, Hussein, Bou Raad, Ryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7535947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33042677
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10236
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author Mansour, Oussama
Moussa, Mohamad K
Khalaf, Zaynab
Zreik, Hussein
Bou Raad, Ryan
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description Infectious tuberculous tenosynovitis (TS) of the extensor tendons of the wrist is an exceptional location of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. We present a case of tuberculous extensor TS in a 52-year-old diabetic male patient presenting as a huge mass on the dorsum of the hand, in the absence of other pulmonary or extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis. This report increases physicians’ vigilance when dealing with patients with risk factors of tuberculosis, allowing early diagnosis and optimal treatment.
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spelling pubmed-75359472020-10-08 Tuberculous Extensor Tenosynovitis Presenting as Huge Mass on the Dorsum of the Hand Mansour, Oussama Moussa, Mohamad K Khalaf, Zaynab Zreik, Hussein Bou Raad, Ryan Cureus Infectious Disease Infectious tuberculous tenosynovitis (TS) of the extensor tendons of the wrist is an exceptional location of musculoskeletal tuberculosis. We present a case of tuberculous extensor TS in a 52-year-old diabetic male patient presenting as a huge mass on the dorsum of the hand, in the absence of other pulmonary or extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis. This report increases physicians’ vigilance when dealing with patients with risk factors of tuberculosis, allowing early diagnosis and optimal treatment. Cureus 2020-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7535947/ /pubmed/33042677 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10236 Text en Copyright © 2020, Mansour et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mansour, Oussama
Moussa, Mohamad K
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Tuberculous Extensor Tenosynovitis Presenting as Huge Mass on the Dorsum of the Hand
title Tuberculous Extensor Tenosynovitis Presenting as Huge Mass on the Dorsum of the Hand
title_full Tuberculous Extensor Tenosynovitis Presenting as Huge Mass on the Dorsum of the Hand
title_fullStr Tuberculous Extensor Tenosynovitis Presenting as Huge Mass on the Dorsum of the Hand
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculous Extensor Tenosynovitis Presenting as Huge Mass on the Dorsum of the Hand
title_short Tuberculous Extensor Tenosynovitis Presenting as Huge Mass on the Dorsum of the Hand
title_sort tuberculous extensor tenosynovitis presenting as huge mass on the dorsum of the hand
topic Infectious Disease
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7535947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33042677
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10236
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