Tuberculous Tenosynovitis: A case report

Kim, Ik Dong; Lee, Soo Young; Kwon, Kwaeng Woo; Ihin, Joo Chul; Chung, Jae Myung

doi:10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.3.561

J Korean Orthop Assoc. 1979 Sep;14(3):561-563. Korean.
Published online May 14, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.3.561

Case Report

Tuberculous Tenosynovitis: A case report

Ik Dong Kim, Soo Young Lee, Kwaeng Woo Kwon, Joo Chul Ihin and Jae Myung Chung

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Abstract

Tuberculous tenosynovitis affecting flexor tendon sheaths of the hand is a rare condition and quite disabling to the patient like tuberculosis elsewhere. It should be attacked by operation and antituberculous chemotherapy, but has a tendency to recur after surgery. The authors have encountered a case of tuberculous tenosynovitis affecting flexor tendon sheaths in the palmar area of the left hand, and treated the case with surgery and anti-tuberculous chemotherapy.