Triggering of the Finger at the Flexor Retinaculum

1 February 1982

journal article
case report
Published by SAGE Publications in The Hand

Vol. os-14 (1), 53-55
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0072-968x(82)80041-7

Abstract

An unusual case of trigger finger associated with paraesthesia of the hand is described. The site of triggering was at the flexor retinaculum consequent upon a tumour of the profundus tendon. Nerve conduction study of the median nerve revealed a co-existing incipient median neuritis.

Keywords

TENDON
FINGER
TUMOUR
PARAESTHESIA
UNUSUAL
FLEXOR
INCIPIENT
PROFUNDUS
RETINACULUM
NEURITIS

This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:

Trigger Finger Syndrome in Rheumatoid Arthritis not Caused by Flexor Tendon Nodules
The Hand, 1971
Carpal Tunnel Decompression and Trigger Digits
The Hand, 1970
Distal Profundus Entrapment in Rheumatoid Disease
The Hand, 1970

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