title: Palmar fascial thickening and contractures of fingers resembling arthritis--a paraneoplastic symptom?
abstract: A 59-year-old women presented with contractures of the fingers of both hands 11 months before a diagnosis of an ovarian carcinoma with paraaortic lymph node metastases was made. We suggest that the contractures, which were associated with palmar fascial thickening and which clinically resembled arthritis, might have been a paraneoplastic sign.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, University of Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Strobel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lacour
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D003286:Contracture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography