Finding an appropriate soft-tissue grafting material to close a wound located over the dorsum of a finger, especially the distal phalanx, can be a difficult task. The boomerang flap mobilized from the dorsum of the proximal phalanx of an adjacent digit can be useful when applied as an island pedicle skin flap. The vascular supply to the skin flap is derived from the retrograde perfusion of the ...

A 49-year-old man presented to his family physician with pain in the third finger that occurred after he tried to grasp a falling heavy object. His finger was forcefully extended from a semi-flexed position. On clinical examination extension was normal. However, flexion was slightly limited and extremely painful at the end point of flexion. Ultrasound of the finger was performed and showed that...

260 CUTIS WWW.CUTIS.COM PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 281 FOR PHOTO CHALLENGE DISCUSSION A generally healthy 30-year-old man presented with a 3-cm exophytic, yellowish red, subungual nodule of the left great toe of 1 year’s duration that was obliterating the nail plate. Ten years prior, a similar nodule in the same location was removed via laser by a podiatrist. Medical records were not retrievable, but ...

INTRODUCTION Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) of the bone is extremely rare and occurs predominantly in males. It most frequently occurs during the second and third decades of life. The lower extremities are most commonly involved. We describe a diagnostically challenging case of epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of proximal phalanx of 2nd toe of left foot with histological features remini...

This study aimed to evaluate whether radiographic abnormalities at yearling sales were associated with the failure to start racing at 2-3 years of age. Radiographic abnormalities in the carpal (n=852), tarsal (n=976), metacarpophalangeal (n=1,055), and metatarsophalangeal joints (n=1,031) from 1,082 horses, recorded at yearling sale, were reviewed. Eighty-two horses (7.6%) failed to start racin...

Mallet finger is the deformity caused by a tear of the extensor expansion from its attachment to the base of the terminal phalanx. Sometimes there is an associated fracture caused by avulsion of a small triangular fragment of bone. The terminal phalanx is flexed and the power of active extension is lost, and there may be a secondary hyperextension of the proximal interphalangeal joint due to th...

Abstract The objective of this case series was to report the outcome a new technique for surgical treatment phalangeal fractures in cats and dogs. Medical records dogs presented with treated dowel pinning were retrospectively reviewed. Cases included when clinical examination radiographic follow‐up evaluation at least 6 months available. Complications during healing period final functional anal...

Ten patients with metacarpophalangeal joint locking of the thumb were studied. Three of them underwent surgical release. During surgery, it was found that the radial sesamoid was seated in a cartilage defect on the volar aspect of the metacarpal head. It appeared that the defect was created by the proximal edge of sesamoid. When the abductor pollicis brevis and flexor pollicis brevis muscles we...