Functional Impairment of the Thumb in a Case of Hand Osteoarthritis: What Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Tell Us?

Osteoarthritis of the hand is common, frequently affecting postmenopausal women. Heberden's nodes are characteristic lesions. The present case is a 62 year old female having pain and functional impairment of her right thumb. She was examined by musculoskeletal ultrasound, which played a useful...

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Main Authors: Abdallah El-Sayed Allam, Adham Aboul Fotouh Khalil, Ahmed Negm, Basma Aly Eltawab, Ke-Vin Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-03-01
Series:Journal of Medical Ultrasound
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929644115001009