Acute calcific tendinitis of the thumb in a child: a case report.

Clin Rheumatol

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan.

Published: May 2007

Acute calcific tendinitis is rare in hand and digit, especially in children. We describe a rare case of acute calcific tendinitis of the thumb [extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon] in a 10-year-old boy. Plain radiographs showed a calcium deposit in the EPL tendon. Conservative therapy completely resolved all symptoms in 1 week. The calcium deposit shown on plain radiographs became smaller and completely disappeared within 6 weeks.

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