RUPTURE OF THE FLEXOR TENDON OF THE HAND DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS INFILTRATION - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
DUMONTIER C MAYLIN V SAUTET A LENOBLE E URBAN T APOIL A
Citation
C. Dumontier et al., RUPTURE OF THE FLEXOR TENDON OF THE HAND DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS INFILTRATION - A CASE-REPORT, Revue de chirurgie orthopedique et reparatrice de l'appareil moteur, 82(7), 1996, pp. 668-671
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Revue de chirurgie orthopedique et reparatrice de l'appareil moteur → ACNP
ISSN journal
00351040
Volume
82
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
668 - 671
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-1040(1996)82:7<668:ROTFTO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A 47 years-old man presented an atraumatic, spontaneous index flexor t endons rupture. This patient has been treated two years ago for a pulm onary tuberculosis. At surgery, the flexor tendons were infiltrated hy a granuloma. Histologic examination was compatible with tuberculosis sequelae. According to literature review, this is the second reported case of a tendon rupture due to tuberculosis granuloma.