Crystal deposition disease masquerading as proliferative tenosynovitis and its associated sequelae

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-133

  Bullocks, Jamal M ^a   Downey, Cara R ^a   Gibler, D Patricio González ^a   Netscher, David T ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal deposition disease; Flexor tendonopathies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYSTAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGOUT; REHABILITATION CARE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVECTOMY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TENDINITIS; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SHEATH; TENOSYNOVITIS; TRIGGER FINGER;

AGED; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENOSYNOVITIS; URIC ACID;

EID: 65949109477     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181788e98     Document Type: Article

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