A Case of Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterium Tenosynovitis with Rice Bodies in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

A Case of Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterium Tenosynovitis with Rice Bodies in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Intern Med. 2020 Jun 15;: Authors: Fujieda Y, Ninagawa K, Matsui Y, Kono M, Kamishima T, Iwasaki N, Atsumi T Abstract Infectious disease with various presentations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often resembles lupus flare. A 37-year-old woman presented with a swollen left index finger that had not resolved, despite 7 years of immunosuppressive treatment. MRI showed rice-body formation in the flexor tendon sheath and tenosynovectomy demonstrated chronic synovitis with epithelioid granuloma. A mycobacterial culture confirmed invasive mycobacterial tenosynovitis due to Mycobacterium chelonae. The patient was treated with moxifloxacin and clarithromycin and completely recovered. PMID: 32536648 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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