Hypothenar hammer syndrome: case report and literature review.

Autor: Queiroz MMM; Resident Physician (R2) in Nephrology, University Hospital of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil., Pereira LP; Radiologist in the Radiology Service, General Hospital of Fortaleza, and Titular Member of the Brazilian College of Radiology, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Picanço CG; Resident Physician (R1) in Medical Genetics, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil., Luna RC; Radiologist in the Radiology Service, General Hospital of Fortaleza, and Titular Member of the Brazilian College of Radiology, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Costa FDS; PhD in Gynecology and Obstetrics from the University of São Paulo (USP); Postdoctoral Attending Physician in the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia., Silveira CRS; Radiologist in the Radiology Service, General Hospital of Fortaleza, and Titular Member of the Brazilian College of Radiology, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de ortopedia [Rev Bras Ortop] 2013 Jun 11; Vol. 48 (1), pp. 104-107. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jun 11 (Print Publication: 2013).
DOI: 10.1016/j.rboe.2012.05.003
Abstrakt: Case report of a 69 year-old patient, with history of repetitive trauma events in the wrist, clinically simulating tenosynovitis, being held with Doppler Ultrasound and Magnetic Nuclear Resonance, which showed ulnar artery thrombosis. The accurate diagnosis of the hammer hypothenar disease through those tests enable an early intervention, improving the prognosis of patients affected by this rare disease.
Databáze: MEDLINE