Tenosynovitis of the Fingers Masking Tuberculous Origin Rice Grain Formation: Case Report and Literature Review
Omar Lazrek
Journal of Infectious Diseases & Case Reports · 2022-01
Abstract
Tuberculous tenosynovitis is a rare localization of tuberculosis. The diagnosis is often late due to often poor and chronic clinical manifestations. We report a case of tuberculous tenosynovitis of the 4th finger of the right hand treated surgically at the department of traumatology and orthopedic surgery of the Ibn Sina university hospital in Rabat.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Tenosynovitis
- Traumatology
- Tuberculosis
- Orthopedic surgery
- Masking (illustration)
- Surgery
- Dermatology
- General surgery