Abstract
Tuberculosis is still widely present in a developing country like our’s especially more so in immunocompromised individuals. Compound palmar ganglion is also known as tuberculous tenosynovitis of flexor tendons of wrist and hand and is a rare entity. With a wide variety of differntial diagnosis and non specific clinical, radiologic and histopathological findings, there is often a delay in diagnosis and treatment of compound palmar ganglion, that results into complications. The diagnosis if often confirmed on histopathological and culture investigations. We present a case of compound palmar ganglion in an 85 year old female who presented to the Orthopaedics OPD with complains of pain and sweeling in the right hand and wrist without any history of trauma or any past illness. A diagnosis of compound palmar ganglion was made on histopathology. The patient has been on follow up with an uneventful course of disease.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Shikha Sharma
Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, IGMC, Shimla
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i11.86
