title: [Bursitis calcarea--an often overlooked and falsely diagnosed illness of the hand].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare surgical and conservative management in patients with acute calcific bursitis of the hand, a rare condition often misdiagnosed because of its unspecific symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four patients with calcific bursitis at the metacarpophalangeal or distal interphalangeal joints or the pisiform are presented. Of these, 3 underwent surgery, while one was treated conservatively. Clinical and radiological symptoms and signs are described.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 3 patients treated surgically returned to work on the 10th postoperative day, while the patient who refused surgery needed rehabilitation for 4 weeks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgery to remove the calcium deposits enables patients to resume work earlier than after conservative treatment which may take weeks.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Plastische and Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Qualitätssicherung in der Plastischen and Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Wien.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Balogh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Piza-Katzer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kosak
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002062:Bursitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Bursitis calcarea--eine oft übersehene und fehldiagnostizierte Erkrankung an der Hand.