Acute calcific tendinitis of the thumb in a child: a case report.
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.
Hakozaki
Michiyuki
M
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan. paco@fmu.ac.jp
Iwabuchi
Masumi
M
Konno
Shinichi
S
Kikuchi
Shinichi
S
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013933:Thumb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*