Pediatric trigger finger from calcific tendonitis.
In pediatric patients, triggering of digits other than the thumb is uncommon and can have unique etiology. We present a juvenile patient whose trigger finger was associated with a solid calcified nodule on the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon.
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William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX, USA. uel.hansen@amedd.army.mil
Battista
Vincent
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D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D052582:Trigger Finger Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery