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Unusual and memorable
Case Number 23: Tuberculous tenosynovitis
  1. U A Walker,
  2. J Gutfleisch,
  3. H H Peter
  1. Albert-Ludwigs University Medical School, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Freiburg, Germany
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr U A Walker, Albert-Ludwigs University Medical School, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hugstetterstr 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany;
    walkerul{at}uni-freiburg.de

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.61.5.384

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