title: Acute calcific tendinitis of the thumb in a child: a case report.
abstract: Acute calcific tendinitis is rare in hand and digit, especially in children. We describe a rare case of acute calcific tendinitis of the thumb [extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon] in a 10-year-old boy. Plain radiographs showed a calcium deposit in the EPL tendon. Conservative therapy completely resolved all symptoms in 1 week. The calcium deposit shown on plain radiographs became smaller and completely disappeared within 6 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan. paco@fmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Michiyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hakozaki
authors.forename: Masumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwabuchi
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013933:Thumb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*