title: Spontaneous contractures of both abductor digiti minimi muscles in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: A case is reported of spontaneous contracture of both little fingers in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Operative release of abductor digiti minimi produced a good result. It seems likely that the cause of the contracture of ADM may have been myositis related to SLE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D005385:Fingers / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000209:etiology; D009220:Myositis / Q000209:etiology; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery