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Unusual cause of the thumb basal joint pain: osteoid osteoma of the trapezium.
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Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery [Arch Orthop Trauma Surg] 2017 Jun; Vol. 137 (6), pp. 875-878. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Apr 08. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The trapezium is rare site of osteoid osteoma development. The diagnostic challenge lies in its rare occurrence, and requires differentiation from various disease entities causing thumb basal joint pain. We report the case of a 29-year-old male who presented with severe thumb basal joint pain. He was initially treated for calcific periarthritis because of concomitant calcifications around the thumb basal joint, but had undiscovered osteoid osteoma. A high index of suspicion to a patient with wrist pain unresponsive to prior treatment is necessary for diagnosis of osteoid osteoma.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1434-3916
- Volume :
- 137
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28391427
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-017-2692-0