Ganglion of the Flexor Tendon Sheath at the A2 Pulley - Case Report

There are few reported cases of flexor tendon sheath ganglion arising from the A2 pulley. We report a case of a flexor tendon sheath ganglion in a 17-year old female who presented with pain, triggering and a swelling at the base of her right ring finger. During the excision biopsy, a ganglion measur...

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Autores principales: Gunaseelan, P, Jeremy, P, Chua, CK, Rashdeen, F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28435592
http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1503.002
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description There are few reported cases of flexor tendon sheath ganglion arising from the A2 pulley. We report a case of a flexor tendon sheath ganglion in a 17-year old female who presented with pain, triggering and a swelling at the base of her right ring finger. During the excision biopsy, a ganglion measuring 0.5×0.8×0.4 cm in size was removed from the A2 pulley area.
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spelling pubmed-53493442017-04-21 Ganglion of the Flexor Tendon Sheath at the A2 Pulley - Case Report Gunaseelan, P Jeremy, P Chua, CK Rashdeen, F Malays Orthop J Case Report There are few reported cases of flexor tendon sheath ganglion arising from the A2 pulley. We report a case of a flexor tendon sheath ganglion in a 17-year old female who presented with pain, triggering and a swelling at the base of her right ring finger. During the excision biopsy, a ganglion measuring 0.5×0.8×0.4 cm in size was removed from the A2 pulley area. Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2015-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5349344/ /pubmed/28435592 http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1503.002 Text en © 2015 Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA). All Rights Reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Ganglion of the Flexor Tendon Sheath at the A2 Pulley - Case Report
title_sort ganglion of the flexor tendon sheath at the a2 pulley - case report
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1503.002
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