tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Trigger finger presenting secondary to leiomyoma: a case report"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Trigger finger presenting secondary to leiomyoma: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Trigger finger presenting secondary to leiomyoma a case report Ziad Harb1 Quamar Bismil2 and David M Ricketts3 Addresses 1St. George s Hospital Blackshaw Road Tooting London SW17 0QT UK 2South-West Thames Region Commodore House Juniper Drive London SW18 1TZ UK and 3Princess Royal Hospital Lewes Road Haywards Heath West Sussex RH16 4EX UK Email ZH - ziadharb@ QB - DR - Consultdmr@ Corresponding author Published 8 May 2009 Received I May 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 7284 doi 1752-1947-3-7284 Accepted 22 January 2009 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 7284 2009 Harb et al licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction We present a previously undescribed entity trigger finger secondary to a leiomyoma. This is the first time such a case has been reported and highlights the fact that common conditions can sometimes present secondary to rare diseases. Case presentation A 39-year-old Caucasian man presented with a fairly typical presentation of trigger finger. During surgical treatment the lesion was excised and sent for histology which showed tissue consistent with a leiomyoma. The patient made an uneventful recovery. Conclusion Trigger finger is a common condition that is usually easily diagnosed and managed. However it is important to appreciate that uncommon conditions such as leiomyoma can present with what is sometimes considered trivial disease and one should always consider the differential diagnoses even when faced with relatively benign conditions. Introduction Trigger finger is a common condition first described