Radial sesamoid fracture of the second MCP joint – a case report

A fracture of the sesamoid bone of the hand is rarely seen. In most cases, it is strictly associated with the trauma. The patient complains of a long-lasting, due to unclear diagnosis, painful swelling of the joint with an inability to flex the affected finger. Limited blood supply makes the untreat...

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Autores principales: Pracoń, Grzegorz, Walentowska-Janowicz, Marta, Nowicki, Paweł, Płaza, Mateusz, Sudoł-Szopińska, Iwona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medical Communications Sp. z o.o. 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4579707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26675122
http://dx.doi.org/10.15557/JoU.2015.0008
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author Pracoń, Grzegorz
Walentowska-Janowicz, Marta
Nowicki, Paweł
Płaza, Mateusz
Sudoł-Szopińska, Iwona
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Walentowska-Janowicz, Marta
Nowicki, Paweł
Płaza, Mateusz
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description A fracture of the sesamoid bone of the hand is rarely seen. In most cases, it is strictly associated with the trauma. The patient complains of a long-lasting, due to unclear diagnosis, painful swelling of the joint with an inability to flex the affected finger. Limited blood supply makes the untreated fracture prone to avascular necrosis. Thus, it is extremely important to make a proper diagnosis early. Bilateral comparing the affected areas with ultrasonography seems to be the method of choice. The treatment is conservative or surgical when needed. We present a case of a radial sesamoid fracture of the second metacarpophalangeal joint without a history of trauma.
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spelling pubmed-45797072015-12-15 Radial sesamoid fracture of the second MCP joint – a case report Pracoń, Grzegorz Walentowska-Janowicz, Marta Nowicki, Paweł Płaza, Mateusz Sudoł-Szopińska, Iwona J Ultrason Case Report A fracture of the sesamoid bone of the hand is rarely seen. In most cases, it is strictly associated with the trauma. The patient complains of a long-lasting, due to unclear diagnosis, painful swelling of the joint with an inability to flex the affected finger. Limited blood supply makes the untreated fracture prone to avascular necrosis. Thus, it is extremely important to make a proper diagnosis early. Bilateral comparing the affected areas with ultrasonography seems to be the method of choice. The treatment is conservative or surgical when needed. We present a case of a radial sesamoid fracture of the second metacarpophalangeal joint without a history of trauma. Medical Communications Sp. z o.o. 2015-03-30 2015-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4579707/ /pubmed/26675122 http://dx.doi.org/10.15557/JoU.2015.0008 Text en 2015 Polish Ultrasound Society. Published by Medical Communications Sp. z o.o. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND). Reproduction is permitted for personal, educational, non-commercial use, provided that the original article is in whole, unmodified, and properly cited.
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Walentowska-Janowicz, Marta
Nowicki, Paweł
Płaza, Mateusz
Sudoł-Szopińska, Iwona
Radial sesamoid fracture of the second MCP joint – a case report
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title_full Radial sesamoid fracture of the second MCP joint – a case report
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title_short Radial sesamoid fracture of the second MCP joint – a case report
title_sort radial sesamoid fracture of the second mcp joint – a case report
topic Case Report
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15557/JoU.2015.0008
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