A patient with chronic fingertip pain

Isolated chronic fingertip pain is an uncommon presentation with a broad differential diagnosis, including but not limited to, subungal neuroma, subungal haematoma, subungal exostosis and glomus tumour. We present an interesting case of a young lady with debilitating chronic fingertip pain diagnosed...

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Autores principales: Geoghegan, Luke, Knowles, Billie-Georgina, Nikkhah, Dariush
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7700799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33294166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa477
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description Isolated chronic fingertip pain is an uncommon presentation with a broad differential diagnosis, including but not limited to, subungal neuroma, subungal haematoma, subungal exostosis and glomus tumour. We present an interesting case of a young lady with debilitating chronic fingertip pain diagnosed with a glomus tumour of her right index finger. Surgical excision provided complete resolution from pain, return to work and restoration of quality of life. Here we discuss clinical and radiological features of this rare benign neoplasm.
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spelling pubmed-77007992020-12-07 A patient with chronic fingertip pain Geoghegan, Luke Knowles, Billie-Georgina Nikkhah, Dariush J Surg Case Rep Case Report Isolated chronic fingertip pain is an uncommon presentation with a broad differential diagnosis, including but not limited to, subungal neuroma, subungal haematoma, subungal exostosis and glomus tumour. We present an interesting case of a young lady with debilitating chronic fingertip pain diagnosed with a glomus tumour of her right index finger. Surgical excision provided complete resolution from pain, return to work and restoration of quality of life. Here we discuss clinical and radiological features of this rare benign neoplasm. Oxford University Press 2020-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7700799/ /pubmed/33294166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjaa477 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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