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

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

    Michiyuki Hakozaki, Masumi Iwabuchi, Shinichi Konno & Shinichi Kikuchi

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Prefectural Minami-Aizu Hospital, 16-1 Kazashita, Nagata, Tajima-machi, Fukushima, 967-0006, Japan

    Michiyuki Hakozaki & Masumi Iwabuchi

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Hakozaki, M., Iwabuchi, M., Konno, S. et al. Acute calcific tendinitis of the thumb in a child: a case report. Clin Rheumatol 26, 841–844 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-006-0384-1

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