RESUMO

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and especially articular, is less frequent than their pulmonary form. We report a 59 year-old men that requests medical attention for suggestive symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, of which is operated, being demonstrated in the carpo a granulomatous tissue including the median nerve suggestive of sarcoidosis or tuberculosis. In sputum the presence of Micobacterium tuberculosis was demonstrated. The respiratory symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis were for the patient less excellent symptoms in relation to those produced by compression of the median nerve. The relationship between the tuberculosis and the carpal tunnel syndrome is demonstrated.

Assuntos

Síndrome do Túnel Carpal/microbiologia , Tuberculose Osteoarticular/microbiologia , Tuberculose Pulmonar/microbiologia , Síndrome do Túnel Carpal/diagnóstico , Síndrome do Túnel Carpal/cirurgia , Descompressão Cirúrgica/métodos , Eletromiografia , Humanos , Masculino , Nervo Mediano/patologia , Nervo Mediano/cirurgia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolamento & purificação , Radiografia Torácica , Escarro/microbiologia , Resultado do Tratamento , Tuberculose Pulmonar/diagnóstico por imagem