1. Radial deviation of the finger caused by an occult intramuscular ganglion in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Author
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Kato T, Iwamoto T, Matsumura N, Sato K, Nakamura T, and Toyama Y
- Subjects
- Aged, Dissection methods, Female, Fingers, Humans, Range of Motion, Articular, Treatment Outcome, Arthritis, Rheumatoid complications, Hand Deformities, Acquired diagnosis, Hand Deformities, Acquired etiology, Hand Deformities, Acquired physiopathology, Hand Deformities, Acquired surgery, Metacarpophalangeal Joint diagnostic imaging, Metacarpophalangeal Joint physiopathology, Orthopedic Procedures methods, Tendons pathology, Tendons surgery
- Abstract
Ulnar deviation is a common complication in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We report a case of an unusual radial deviation of the middle finger caused by an occult intramuscular ganglion of the second interosseous muscle (IOM) in a patient with RA. The resection of the ganglion did not resolve the problem, and the full range of motion of the metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint was achieved through dissection of the tendon of the second dorsal IOM.
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- 2016
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