MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS PRESENTING AS TENOSYNOVITIS IN A CASE OF RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

Authors
UTHMAN I BIZRI AR ALI RH HARAOUI B
Citation
I. Uthman et al., MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS PRESENTING AS TENOSYNOVITIS IN A CASE OF RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, The Journal of infection, 37(2), 1998, pp. 196-198
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
01634453
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
196 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-4453(1998)37:2<196:MTPATI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A 77-year-old woman with a seropositive nodular rheumatoid arthritis a nd vasculitis, who was treated with high doses of corticosteroids and intravenous cyclophosphamide, developed miliary tuberculosis that was heralded by a tenosynovitis in her right wrist. A 1-year course of ant i-tuberculous therapy resulted in complete resolution of the tenosynov itis and disseminated infection.