Acromegaly as a cause of trigger finger

Author: Moriya Koji   Uchiyama Toru   Kouda Hisao   Kawaji Youichi  

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

ISSN: 0284-4311

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Vol.43, Iss.4, 2009-09, pp. : 236-238

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Abstract

We report a trigger finger of the right index finger in a 28-year-old man with acromegaly, in which condition growth hormone increases extracellular volume by stimulating sodium reabsorption in the distal nephron. The increase in extracellular fluid can cause oedematous swelling of the flexor synovium in the digital sheath.

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