A Mycobacterium malmoense infection of the hand presenting as carpal tunnel syndrome

J Hand Surg Br. 1988 Aug;13(3):328-30. doi: 10.1016/0266-7681_88_90102-7.

Abstract

We report an atypical tuberculous infection by Mycobacterium Malmoense of the synovium of the flexor tendons at the wrist presenting as carpal tunnel syndrome. This is the first time this organism has been described in a site other than the lungs or the cervical lymph nodes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / etiology*
  • Female
  • Hand*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections / complications*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / complications*
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / isolation & purification
  • Tenosynovitis / complications*