TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute calcific periarthritis of the thumb
T2 - Correlated sonographic and radiographic findings
AU - Friedman, Saul N.
AU - Margau, Ryan
AU - Friedman, Lawrence
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - The diagnosis of acute calcific periarthritis is traditionally confirmed from a radiograph demonstrating periarticular calcifications in the affected area. Care must be taken when using ultrasound as the presentation of periarticular calcification is easily mistaken for a cortical avulsion fracture, requiring a radiograph to distinguish between the 2 differential diagnoses. We present the correlated ultrasound and radiographic findings of the hand of a 37-year-old man who was suffering from a dull ache in his thumb followed by acute severe pain 1 week later, and make the diagnosis of acute calcific periarthritis of the first metacarpophalangeal joint.
AB - The diagnosis of acute calcific periarthritis is traditionally confirmed from a radiograph demonstrating periarticular calcifications in the affected area. Care must be taken when using ultrasound as the presentation of periarticular calcification is easily mistaken for a cortical avulsion fracture, requiring a radiograph to distinguish between the 2 differential diagnoses. We present the correlated ultrasound and radiographic findings of the hand of a 37-year-old man who was suffering from a dull ache in his thumb followed by acute severe pain 1 week later, and make the diagnosis of acute calcific periarthritis of the first metacarpophalangeal joint.
KW - Calcific periarthritis
KW - Metacarpophalangeal joint
KW - Periarticular calcification
KW - US
KW - Ultrasound
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031115752&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.08.015
DO - 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.08.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 29552260
AN - SCOPUS:85031115752
SN - 1930-0433
VL - 13
SP - 205
EP - 207
JO - Radiology Case Reports
JF - Radiology Case Reports
IS - 1
ER -