title: [A man with a curved deformity of the hand].
abstract: A 63-year-old male was seen at the rheumatology outpatient clinic because of a curved deformity of his left hand, with fixed flexion of the MCP joints and hyperextension of the PIP and DIP joints. This so-called striatal hand, a feature of Parkinson's disease, can easily be confused with rheumatoid arthritis or Dupuytren's contracture.
authors.affiliation: Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: van Soest
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: de Jong
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Korswagen
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000175:diagnosis; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular