Acute calcific bursitis of the hand - An often overlooked and misdiagnosed condition;Bursitis calcarea - Eine oft ubersehene und fehldiagnostizierte erkrankung an der hand

Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 539-542

  Balogh, B ^a,c   Piza Katzer, H ^a   Kosak, D ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b Lab F Histol Cytologie B   (Austria)

^c Abt F Plastische W   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute calcific bursitis; Surgical treatment; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ACUTE DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; CARPAL BONE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BURSITIS; CALCINOSIS; CARPAL BONES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031405252     PISSN: 00443220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1039742     Document Type: Article

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