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Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection of left wrist. (A) Pre-operative findings of circumferential left wrist swelling. (B) Intra-operative findings of caseous exudate and synovial inflammation. (C) MRI with pan-carpal erosions, inflammation, and extensive synovitis. (D) Six months post-operative findings, improvement but persistence of swelling off therapy.
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Left wrist capsulotomy revealed a herniating mass of inflamed synovial tissue with caseous exudate (Fig. 1).
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