Rapidly expanding thenar eminence ganglion: a case report

INTRODUCTION: This study documents the first reported case of a rapidly growing (volar) thenar eminence ganglion arising form the first carpometacarpal joint, masquerading as a sarcoma. The discussion informs the hand surgeon on the evidence regarding the unusual presenting features. CASE PRESENTATI...

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Autores principales: Azzopardi, EA, Gujral, S, Mandal, A, Kulkarni, M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19200372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-129
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Gujral, S
Mandal, A
Kulkarni, M
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Gujral, S
Mandal, A
Kulkarni, M
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description INTRODUCTION: This study documents the first reported case of a rapidly growing (volar) thenar eminence ganglion arising form the first carpometacarpal joint, masquerading as a sarcoma. The discussion informs the hand surgeon on the evidence regarding the unusual presenting features. CASE PRESENTATION: An 85 year old left hand dominant female presented with a six week history of rapidly growing lump on the thenar eminence. Clinical examination revealed a non-tender large lobulated mobile swelling measuring 5 × 4 cm and involving the whole thenar eminence. CONCLUSION: Ganglia may present from the thenar eminence and are a source of diagnostic confusion.
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spelling pubmed-26490542009-02-28 Rapidly expanding thenar eminence ganglion: a case report Azzopardi, EA Gujral, S Mandal, A Kulkarni, M Cases J Case Report INTRODUCTION: This study documents the first reported case of a rapidly growing (volar) thenar eminence ganglion arising form the first carpometacarpal joint, masquerading as a sarcoma. The discussion informs the hand surgeon on the evidence regarding the unusual presenting features. CASE PRESENTATION: An 85 year old left hand dominant female presented with a six week history of rapidly growing lump on the thenar eminence. Clinical examination revealed a non-tender large lobulated mobile swelling measuring 5 × 4 cm and involving the whole thenar eminence. CONCLUSION: Ganglia may present from the thenar eminence and are a source of diagnostic confusion. BioMed Central 2009-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2649054/ /pubmed/19200372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-129 Text en Copyright ©2009 Azzopardi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rapidly expanding thenar eminence ganglion: a case report
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title_short Rapidly expanding thenar eminence ganglion: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649054/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-129
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