Necrotizing Fasciitis of an Upper Extremity Starting as Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis with a Horseshoe Appearance in the Hand: A Case Report

Abstract

We report a case of necrotizing fasciitis in an upper extremity that started as pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis of the hand. The patient survived without severe loss of hand function by rapid limited debridement based on the pathoanatomy of a horseshoe abscess of the hand.