title: Locking of a metacarpo-phalangeal joint caused by a haemangioma of the volar plate.
abstract: A case of locking of a metacarpo-phalangeal joint in a 47-year-old woman is reported. Full movement of the joint was restored after excision of a haemangioma which had arisen from the volar plate. Other causes of locking are described and recommendations for treatment are made.
authors.affiliation: Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton, Hampshire.
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint; D006225:Hand; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus; D008875:Middle Aged