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A 41-year-old man had typical symptoms and signs of carpal tunnel syndrome. At operation
there were multiple large rice bodies along the flexor tendons with a great deal of
adherent synovitis involving the index finger. Widespread surgical debridement with
excision of involved synovium was done. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was cultured from the tenosynovium excised.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 13,
1987
Received:
October 19,
1987
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*No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
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© 1988 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
