title: [Destruction of the saddle joint in scleroderma with multiple calcium deposits (Thibièrge-Weissenbach syndrome)].
abstract: A case of Thibièrge-Weissenbach-syndrome is reported, representing a special form of scleroderma combined with subcutaneous and periarticular calcifications, both belonging to the group of collagen diseases. Because of painful calcifying deposits in both hands a 53 year-old woman was examined in our out-patient department. Besides extirpation of massive calcifications, fusion of the first carpometacarpal joint was performed because of destruction of this joint.
mesh_terms: D001174:Arthrodesis; D001175:Arthrography; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013933:Thumb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Sattelgelenkzerstörung bei Sklerodermie mit multiplen Kalkablagerungen (Thibièrge-Weissenbach-Syndrom).