Case Report

Tuberculosis Presenting as Isolated Wrist Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Table 1

Case series of wrist and hand tuberculosis.

Year of publicationAuthorPattern of involvementNumber of cases

1975Brashear and Winfield [12]Tenosynovitis, carpal bones10
1982Benkeddache and Gottesman [13]Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges, joints27
1985Eckel and Due [14]Wrist, carpal bones45
1986Martini et al. [15]Wrist, phalanges19
2004Benchakroun et al. [16]Wrist11
2009Vrebos [17]Tenosynovitis10
2009Kotwal and Khan [18]Wrist, carpal bones32
2017Prakash and Mehtani [19]Wrist, hand44