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

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
Subjects:
flexor pollicis longus
osteoarthritis
ultrasound
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929644115001009
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spelling doaj-aa5a31f7088f40899b4ba5a8cc7347d42020-11-25T02:46:32ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Medical Ultrasound0929-64412016-03-01241293110.1016/j.jmu.2015.11.004Functional Impairment of the Thumb in a Case of Hand Osteoarthritis: What Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Tell Us?Abdallah El-Sayed Allam0Adham Aboul Fotouh Khalil1Ahmed Negm2Basma Aly Eltawab3Ke-Vin Chang4Department of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology, and Rehabilitation and Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptRheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, EgyptDepartment of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation and Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, EgyptDepartment of Radiology and Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, TaiwanOsteoarthritis 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 role in diagnosing the cause of pain and functional impairment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929644115001009flexor pollicis longusosteoarthritisultrasound
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Ahmed Negm
Basma Aly Eltawab
Ke-Vin Chang
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Adham Aboul Fotouh Khalil
Ahmed Negm
Basma Aly Eltawab
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Functional Impairment of the Thumb in a Case of Hand Osteoarthritis: What Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Tell Us?
Journal of Medical Ultrasound
flexor pollicis longus
osteoarthritis
ultrasound
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Adham Aboul Fotouh Khalil
Ahmed Negm
Basma Aly Eltawab
Ke-Vin Chang
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title Functional Impairment of the Thumb in a Case of Hand Osteoarthritis: What Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Tell Us?
title_short Functional Impairment of the Thumb in a Case of Hand Osteoarthritis: What Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Tell Us?
title_full Functional Impairment of the Thumb in a Case of Hand Osteoarthritis: What Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Tell Us?
title_fullStr Functional Impairment of the Thumb in a Case of Hand Osteoarthritis: What Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Tell Us?
title_full_unstemmed Functional Impairment of the Thumb in a Case of Hand Osteoarthritis: What Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Tell Us?
title_sort functional impairment of the thumb in a case of hand osteoarthritis: what can musculoskeletal ultrasound tell us?
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Medical Ultrasound
issn 0929-6441
publishDate 2016-03-01
description 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 role in diagnosing the cause of pain and functional impairment.
topic flexor pollicis longus
osteoarthritis
ultrasound
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929644115001009
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