Isolated tuberculous tenosynovitis of the flexor carpi ulnaris: A case report and review of literature

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 779-782

  Dhammi, Ish K ^a   Singh, Sandeep ^a,b,c   Jain, Anil K ^a   Kumar, Sudhir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Malviya Nagar Hospital   (India)

^c Malviya Nagar Hospital ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Extra pulmonary tuberculosis; Flexor carpi ulnaris; Musculoskeletal tuberculosis; Tuberculous tenosynovitis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TENOSYNOVITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS TENOSYNOVITIS; ULNA; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 33846027091     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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