TUBERCULOUS TENOSYNOVITIS PRESENTING ITSELF AS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND WRIST GANGLION

Tuberculosis caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis is a well known and one of the oldest infectious diseases to affect humans. there is a recent increase of its incidence due to development of resistance to antituberculosis drugs and conditions associated with immunodeficiency such as aids and chemotherapy. as a result, unusual presentations of tuberculosis have been encountered more frequently in the last decade.although soft tissue tuberculosis is a well recognized form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, primary tuberculous tenosynovitis is rare. we report an immunocompetent male patient with a very rare presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous tenosynovitis of the wrist, presenting itself as carpal tunnel syndrome and wrist ganglion. key words:tuberculous tenosynovitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist ganglion, treatment.