Finger flexion contracture due to muscular involvement of sarcoidosis

Hand Surg. 2013;18(1):85-7. doi: 10.1142/S0218810413720015.

Abstract

We describe a rare experience with the treatment of a patient with finger flexion contracture caused by muscular involvement of sarcoidosis, who had been misdiagnosed as having a trigger finger and underwent surgical release of the A1 pulley of her little finger. This report serves as a reminder that muscular involvement of sarcoidosis can cause finger flexion contractures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Female
  • Finger Joint / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscular Diseases / complications*
  • Orthopedic Procedures
  • Range of Motion, Articular
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Trigger Finger Disorder / diagnosis*
  • Trigger Finger Disorder / etiology
  • Trigger Finger Disorder / surgery