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Rheumatoid Changes of the Hand: Chronic inflammation of the MCP joints has lead to their
deformity, with
Changes of the Hand ... with deviation of fingers ... towards the ulnar ... #Photo #RheumatoidArthritis ... #Hands #MCPs #UlnarDeviation
Rheumatoid Changes of the Hand: Chronic inflammation of the MCP joints has lead to their
deformity, with
Changes of the Hand ... with deviation of fingers ... towards the ulnar ... #Photo #RheumatoidArthritis ... #Hands #MCPs #UlnarDeviation
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
, the extension ... joint needs to be clinically ... fracture • ED Management ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hand
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
ulnar displacernent ... tendon) • ED Management ... reduction • Splint: Finger ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hand
Dupuytren's contracture: Idiopathic thickening of the palmar facia. In this case severe enough that
it limits finger
that it limits finger ... extension. ... #Photo #Dupuytrens ... #Contractures #Hand ... #Palmar #UCSDH
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, C8 (radial) Finger ... Abduction - C8-T1 (ulnar ... aracteristic "claw hand ... " ± Horner Syndrome ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) Synergy Test for ECU Tendinitis

With the patient's hand supinated, the examiner grasps
the patient's hand ... middle finger with ... one hand while ... with the other hand ... along the dorsal ulnar
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
onto outstretched hand ... dorsum of the hand ... extension • Possible ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Sports #MSK
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
no longer sitting ... onto outstretched hand ... pain with wrist extension ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Sports #MSK
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
infection of the hand ... manicuring, or frequent hand ... Clinically ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis