FOREIGN BODY IN THE EXTENSOR TENDON SHEATH

Ozdemir A., ERGÜN S., Karaaltin M. V., YILDIZ K., Duygu C.

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.77, no.2, pp.26-28, 2014 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 77 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.26-28
  • Keywords: Foreign body, extensor tendon sheath
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Foreign body is rarely seen in tendon sheaths. An unusual case of embedded metallic foreign body in the right extensor pollicis longus tendon sheath that induced symptoms mimicking De-Quervain's disease was cured after surgical removal of the foreign body and reported here.