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CASE REPORT

Gouty flexor tenosynovitis of the hand mimicking atypical mycobacterial infection

Yoshiki YoshiharaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sakaide Municipal Hospital, 1-6-43 Bunkyo, Sakaide 762-0031, Japan
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Tomayoshi HayashiDepartment of Pathology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Seiji MatsushitaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sakaide Municipal Hospital, 1-6-43 Bunkyo, Sakaide 762-0031, Japan
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Hideki SugitaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sakaide Municipal Hospital, 1-6-43 Bunkyo, Sakaide 762-0031, Japan
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Hiroshi MikiDepartment of Pathology, Sakaide Municipal Hospital, Sakaide, Japan
Pages 427-431 | Received 11 Apr 2005, Accepted 29 Jul 2005, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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