Tendon Rupture in a Patient with Tuberculosis of the Hand Misdiagnosed as a Recurrent Dorsal Wrist Ganglion

J Hand Microsurg 2021; 13(03): 202-204
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1714928

Letter to the Editor

¹Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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