Abstract
There are several conditions that may mimic the classic trigger finger. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a subset of patients with the chief complaint of digital catching and locking caused by pathologic conditions other than stenosing tenosynovitis. This was a retrospective review of patients who did not have trigger finger but presented with a chief complaint of digital catching and locking. We reviewed this group of patients and identified diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes. The diagnoses that also caused digital catching and locking included: 1) osteophytic bone deformity; 2) swan-neck deformity; 3) congenital tendinous anomalies; 4) A2 pulley anomalies; 5) intratendinous tumor/ganglion; and 6) subluxating extensor tendon. Awareness of the possibility of other diagnoses causing catching and locking of digits should aid in accurate evaluation and treatment of this common hand complaint.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | S4-84 |
Journal | Ethnicity and Disease |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 SUPPL. 4 |
State | Published - Jun 2005 |