Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open (Dec 2014)

Wrist Tenosynovitis due to Mycobacterium bovis Infection: Case Series and Review of the Literature

  • Mehmet Derviş Güner, MD,
  • Umut Bektaş, MD,
  • Ramazan Akmeşe, MD,
  • Haldun Onuralp Kamburoğlu, MD, FEBOPRAS,
  • Mehmet Armangil, MD,
  • Şadan Ay, MD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000238
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 12
p. e262

Abstract

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Summary: Tuberculosis infections are still one of the most important public health problems among developing countries. Musculoskeletal involvement represents 10–15% of all extrapulmonary cases. Tuberculosis tenosynovitis is usually misdiagnosed as nonspecific tenosynovitis. To avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment, it is important to be alert for mycobacterial infections. This article presents 3 patients with wrist tenosynovitis, which was caused by Mycobacterium bovis infection. The article also includes review of the literature.