Table 1 Clinical and pathology findings in eighteen patients with tuberculous infection of the wrist
From: Wrist tuberculosis-experience from eighteen cases: a retrospective study
Patient | Age(years)/Sex/Side | Duration (months) | Symptoms | Coexisting disease | Injury factors | Prior wrist surgery | ESR (mm/hour) | CRP (mg/L) | Pathology findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15/M/L | 19 | Wrist pain, swelling, skin temperature arisen with limitation of motion | Nil | Nil | Nil | 62 | 7.84 | Caseating granulomatous with chronic inflammation cells |
2 | 68/M/L | 6 | Wrist pain, swelling with limitation of motion | Hypertension, coronary heart disease | Toil | Nil | 70 | 16..32 | Granulomatous inflammation with Langerhans giant cells |
3 | 50/F/R | 12 | Wrist swelling and fingers with limitation of motion | Nil | Nil | Nil | 119 | 6.15 | Caseating granulomatous, inflammation cells and acid-fast bacilli |
4 | 70/M/R | 16 | Wrist pain, swelling, purulent secretion, sinus tract and fingers with limitation of motion | Nil | Nil | Nil | 83 | 23.25 | Granulomatous inflammation, with Langerhans giant cells |
5 | 49/F/L | 1 | Wrist pain, swelling, fingers, and wrist with limitation of motion | Nil | Nil | One month ago, the local hospital operated on the wrist | 36 | 1.62 | Caseating granulomatous, Inflammation cells |
6 | 58/F/L | 30 | Wrist pain, swelling with limitation of motion | Nil | Fall on the stairs | One year ago, the local hospital operated on the wrist | 38.9 | 10.25 | Chronic inflammation with Langerhans giant cell and rice bodies |
7 | 73/M/R | 42 | Wrist pain, swelling, skin temperature arisen, and fingers with limitation of motion | Nil | Nil | Nil | 30 | 3.64 | Granulomatous inflammation and acid-fast bacilli |
8 | 64/M/R | 6 | Wrist pain, swelling with limitation of motion and stiffness of fingers | Nil | Nil | Nil | 89 | 15.37 | Caseating granulomatous and Langerhans giant cells |
9 | 60/M/R | 9 | Wrist pain, swelling with numbness of fingers | Nil | Nil | Nil | 27 | 3.99 | Inflammation with Langerhans giant cells and acid-fast bacilli |
10 | 55/M/L | 8 | Wrist pain, swelling with limitation of motion | Nil | Nil | Eight months ago, the local hospital operated on the wrist | 32 | 6.00 | Granulomatous inflammation with Langerhans giant cells |
11 | 81/M/R | 6 | Wrist pain, swelling, malformation, skin temperature arisen, purulent secretion, sinus tract with limitation of motion | Diabetes mellitus | Sprain | Nil | 50 | 146.17 | Chronic inflammation cells Acid-fast bacilli and rice bodies |
12 | 41/F/R | 24 | Wrist pain, swelling, fingers and wrist with limitation of motion, numbness of fingers | Nil | Nil | One year ago, the local hospital operated on the wrist | 14 | 1.12 | Caseating granulomatous and inflammation cells |
13 | 69/M/L | 15 | Wrist pain, swelling with numbness of fingers | Hypertension | Nil | Nil | 30 | 14.26 | Caseating granulomatous with Langerhans giant cells and acid-fast bacilli |
14 | 59/F/R | 26 | Wrist pain, swelling, skin temperature arisen, fingers and wrist with limitation of motion, numbness of fingers | Nil | Fall | Nil | 64 | 38.43 | Granulomatous inflammation Inflammation cells and rice bodies |
15 | 18/F/L | 5 | Wrist pain, swelling with limitation of motion | Nil | Nil | Nil | 38 | 7.35 | Granulomatous inflammation Inflammation with Langerhans giant cells |
16 | 60/M/R | 1 | Wrist pain, swelling with skin temperature arisen | Nil | Nil | Nil | 75 | 74.94 | Caseating granulomatous Acid-fast bacilli and rice bodies |
17 | 29/F/R | 28 | Wrist pain, swelling with limitation of motion | Nil | Nil | Six months ago, the local hospital operated on the wrist | 62 | 8.67 | Chronic inflammation with Langerhans giant cell and granulomatous inflammation |
18 | 45/M/L | 18 | Wrist pain, swelling, malformation with limitation of motion | Hepatitis B | Nil | Nil | 58 | 11.99 | Caseating granulomatous Inflammation with Langerhans giant cells and acid-fast bacilli |