Case report reveals rice body formation in a 35-year-old male farmer, suggesting uncommon infection pathway.
Nontuberculous mycobacteria have been recognized as a cause of tenosynovitis and rice body formation.¹ We present the case of a previously well 35-year-old New Zealand European dairy farmer who developed swelling of his left hand and wrist, following a needle-stick injury to his left thumb a year prior.
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