Acute Calcific Tendinitis of the Abductor Pollicis Brevis in the Hand / 대한정형외과학회잡지

ABSTRACT

Acute calcific tendinitis in the hand is a very rare disease. We experienced two cases of acute calcific tendinitis of the abductor pollicis brevis in the hand. Both of the patients experienced pain, edema and erythema on radial side of metacarpophalangeal joint of thumb. We successfully treated the condition with aspiration and steroid injection under the ultrasonographic examination and subsequently, applied the casts. An improvement of the symptoms was observed with good results. In the present work, we report these cases with appropriate review of literatures.