Abstract
During the past year or so we have had an opportunity studying a number patients, all whom presented such strikingly similar symptoms as to warrant their being grouped together as having a definite clinical entity. Typically, there were sharply localized pain and tenderness over the area around the pisiform bone; a pathognomonic limitation motion at the wrist; occasional signs suggesting an inflammatory reaction; a characteristic roentgenogram, and early subsidence symptoms. When we referred to the literature for some help in understanding the condition, we were afforded scant assistance. Except for a single case reported by Cohen 1 and the casual statement Codman 2 that he knew of one case in the flexor carpi ulnaris, no mention could be found the condition, either in the clinical or in the roentgenologic literature. Neither Codman nor Cohen presented any histologic evidence to justify their belief that
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