Trigger wrist and flexor tenosynovitis.
We report a case of a profundus tendon sheath fibroma which initially presented as triggering on wrist movements but rapidly caused a flexor tenosynovitis limiting both finger and wrist movements. Surgical excision was curative.
Smith
R D
RD
Department of Orthopaedics, Northwick Park, UK. daron@dodec.co.uk
O'Leary
S T
ST
McCullough
C J
CJ
D000328:Adult; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery