Sausage digit: Isolated tuberculous tenosynovitis of the middle finger

Wael Goravey; Muna Al Maslamani; Mahir Petkar; Adham Ammar; Gawahir A Ali

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01438

Sausage digit: Isolated tuberculous tenosynovitis of the middle finger

IDCases. 2022 Feb 1:27:e01438. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01438. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Wael Goravey¹, Muna Al Maslamani¹, Mahir Petkar², Adham Ammar², Gawahir A Ali¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Communicable Diseases Centre Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

Isolated tuberculous tenosynovitis is a rare form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis that frequently eludes assessment and constitutes diagnostic challenges.

Keywords: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis; Middle finger; Synovectomy; Tuberculous tenosynovitis.