Functional Impairment of the Thumb in a Case of Hand Osteoarthritis: What Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Tell Us?
Osteoarthritis of the hand is common, frequently affecting postmenopausal women. Heberden's nodes are characteristic lesions. The present case is a 62 year old female having pain and functional impairment of her right thumb. She was examined by musculoskeletal ultrasound, which played a useful...
Main Authors: | Abdallah El-Sayed Allam, Adham Aboul Fotouh Khalil, Ahmed Negm, Basma Aly Eltawab, Ke-Vin Chang |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-03-01
|
Series: | Journal of Medical Ultrasound |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929644115001009 |
Similar Items
-
Suspension arthroplasty in the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis
by: Gianfilippo Caggiari, et al.
Published: (2021-01-01) -
Isolated flexor pollicis longus nerve fascicle lesion – a rare differential diagnosis of thumb flexion deficiency
by: Glauser, Eva, et al.
Published: (2016-12-01) -
Flexor pollicis longus zone 2 tendon repair under WALANT with ultrasound assistance
by: X. Gueffier, et al.
Published: (2021-04-01) -
The cross-sectional area ratio of a specific part of the flexor pollicis longus tendon- a stable sonographic measurement for trigger thumb: a cross-sectional trial
by: Wenbin Zhu, et al.
Published: (2023-03-01) -
Bilateral congenital absence of flexor pollicis longus with thumb hypoplasia and thenar atrophy
by: Vikas Chaudhary, et al.
Published: (2014-08-01)