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SUBMITTER: Mattox R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4879008 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Mattox Ross R Welk Aaron B AB Battaglia Patrick J PJ Scali Frank F Nunez Mero M Kettner Norman W NW
Journal of ultrasound 20150623 2
This case report describes the use of diagnostic ultrasound to diagnose a Stener lesion in a patient who presented for conservative care of thumb pain following a fall on an outstretched hand. Conventional radiographic images demonstrated an avulsion fracture at the ulnar aspect of the base of the first proximal phalanx. Diagnostic ultrasound revealed a torn ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb that was displaced proximal to the adductor aponeurosis, consistent with a Stener lesion. Dynamic im ...[more]