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Carpal tuberculosis: a case report

Maher BEN HAMIDA, Rebeh BOUGOSSA, Ahmed TRABELSI, Asma BEN MABROUK, Jihene CHELLI, Faouzi ABID and Fatma LARBI

Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem in Tunisia, where extrapulmonary forms are frequent. Osteoarticular tuberculosis (OT) is uncommon, and carpal involvement is particularly rare and frequently misdiagnosed. We report a case of carpal tuberculosis in a 39-year-old immunocompetent man.