Triggering of the Finger at the Flexor Retinaculum

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.

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