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Rice Bodies of Tuberculous Tenosynovitis

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Rice bodies in wrist ganglia are highly suggestive of tuberculous tenosynovitis. The surgeon should be aware of the significance of these free corpuscles when performing wrist ganglia excision so that the diagnosis of tubercular tenosynovitis is not overlooked. These fibrinous corpuscles should be differentiated from the loose cartilaginous bodies of inflammatory arthritis.

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Authors acknowledge Dr. Debasis Gochhait, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, JIPMER, for providing illustrated histopathology images and their interpretations.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, 605006, India

    Friji MT & Deviprasad Mohapatra

  2. Surgical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, 605006, India

    Prasanth Penumadu

  3. Pulmonary Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 605006, India

    Madhusmita Mohapatra

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Friji MT, Mohapatra, D., Penumadu, P. et al. Rice Bodies of Tuberculous Tenosynovitis. Indian J Surg 83, 1063–1064 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02503-5

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