Ulnar-sided pain due to extensor carpi ulnaris tendon subluxation: a case report.

Hakan Cift,Salih Söylemez,Feyza Unlu Ozkan,Korhan Ozkan,Hacer Burcu Cift

doi:10.1186/1752-1947-6-394

Abstract

IntroductionWe present the case of a patient with extensor carpi ulnaris tendon subluxation who was first treated for distal radioulnar joint sprain.Case presentationA 25-year-old Caucasian man was seen at our policlinic one month after he had fallen on his outstretched hand. A diagnosis of extensor carpi ulnaris subluxation was made clinically but we also had the magnetic resonance imaging scan of the patient’s wrist which displayed an increased signal on T2-weighted images consistent with inflammation around the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon. The extensor carpi ulnaris tendon was found to be dislocating during supination and relocating during pronation. The sheath was reconstructed using extensor retinaculum due to attenuation of subsheath.ConclusionThere was no recurrent dislocation of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon of the patient at his last follow up 12 months after the operation.

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We present the case of a patient with extensor carpi ulnaris tendon subluxation who was first treated for distal radioulnar joint sprain.Case presentation: A 25-year-old Caucasian man was seen at our policlinic one month after he had fallen on his outstretched hand
There was no recurrent dislocation of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon of the patient at his last follow up 12 months after the operation
The extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) is a muscle located in the human forearm that acts to extend and adduct the wrist

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Introduction

We present the case of a patient with extensor carpi ulnaris tendon subluxation who was first treated for distal radioulnar joint sprain.Case presentation: A 25-year-old Caucasian man was seen at our policlinic one month after he had fallen on his outstretched hand. We present the case of a patient with extensor carpi ulnaris tendon subluxation who was first treated for distal radioulnar joint sprain. The extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) is a muscle located in the human forearm that acts to extend and adduct the wrist. It crosses through the sixth dorsal compartment where it is held tightly to the ulnar groove by a subsheath. Case presentation A 25-year-old Caucasian man was seen at our policlinic one month after he had fallen on his outstretched hand He was first treated with a below arm cast with the wrist at neutral flexion for a distal radioulnar joint sprain. Four weeks later his cast was removed and we found

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