Tuberculous fasciitis with tenosynovitis
Lakhanpal, S.; Linscheid, R.L.; Ferguson, R.H.; Ginsburg, W.W.
Journal of Rheumatology 14(3): 621-624
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0315-162X PMID: 3625647 Document Number: 294996
A case of tuberculous fasciitis with tenosynovitis is described. No other organs were affected and tissue histology was not diagnostic. The diagnosis was confirmed by tissue culture and our patient was treated by surgical debridement and antituberculous drug therapy. A high index of suspicion for tuberculosis will alert clinicians to the correct diagnosis in unusual clinical presentations.