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Case 1 A 27–year‐old man had a 15–year history of progressive, asymptomatic, fusiform swelling on fhe medial and lateral aspects of several fingers. There was no history of significant trauma and pain or arthritic symptoms. The family history was noncontributory. His mother said that he had a habit of rubbing his fingers. Physical examination revealed fusiform swellings limited to the medial and lateral sides of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the index, middle, and ring fingers of both hands (Fig. 1). These lesions were firm tumors, and the overlying skin was lichenified. He had a full range of motion of all of his joints with no tenderness. The thumbs, outer aspects of the index and little fingers, and toes were spared. The roentgenogram of the hands showed soft tissue swellings without bony or articular abnormalities. Routine laboratory findings, including complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, urine analysis, liver function test, concentration of nitrogen in the form of urea in the blood (BUN), creatinine, blood sugar, hepatitis B antigen, venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) test, rheumatoid factor, anti‐nuclear antibody, and chest X‐ray, were eith

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Author

Byung Duk Kang; Seung Hyun Hong; Ill Hwan Kim; Woo Kyung Kim; Chil Hwan Oh

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0011-9059)

Published

1997

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)