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European Journal of Plastic Surgery
Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery 3/2004

01-06-2004 | Case Report

Combined ulnar and median nerve compression due to atypical mycobacterial tenosynovitis: case report

Authors: N. Sungur, A. Uysal, M. Gümüş, U. Koçer, M. Çaydere, F. Şahin

Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery | Issue 3/2004

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Abstract

A 39-year-old woman with signs, symptoms and laboratory findings of carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar compression is presented. Radical surgical debridement, excision of the affected synovium and early postoperative mobilization were performed. Mycobacterium marinum was identified from the culture of the excised flexor tenosynovium. Neither pulmonary nor extrapulmonary tuberculosis was diagnosed by X-ray and the other laboratory examinations. There has not been any previously reported case of mycobacterial tenosynovitis causing ulnar and median nerve compression together.
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Metadata
Title
Combined ulnar and median nerve compression due to atypical mycobacterial tenosynovitis: case report
Authors
N. Sungur
A. Uysal
M. Gümüş
U. Koçer
M. Çaydere
F. Şahin
Publication date
01-06-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 3/2004
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-004-0636-8

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