A 79-year-old man presented with a painless, soft, subcutaneous mass lesion of the
right volar wrist that had been slowly growing for 3 years. A cloudy, yellow serous
effusion was aspirated from the punctured mass, from which Phaeoacremonium spp., an extremely rare cause of tenosynovitis, was isolated in culture. Total synovectomy
was performed without the use of antifungal agents. No recurrence or complications
occurred as of 6 months after surgery. Fungal infection is rare but should be considered
in the differentiation of chronic tenosynovitis.
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Publication history
Published online: December 24, 2016
Accepted:
November 4,
2016
Received:
August 9,
2016
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