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Pisiform bursitis: A forgotten pathology
Author(s) -
Draghi Ferdinando,
Gregoli Bettina,
Bortolotto Chandra
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22170
Subject(s) - medicine , bursitis , flexor carpi ulnaris , enthesitis , wrist , differential diagnosis , anatomy , tendon , surgery , ulnar nerve , pathology , elbow , disease , psoriatic arthritis
Pisiform bursitis is a disease often forgotten in both everyday practice and medical literature. The pisiform bursa is not constant; when present, it is located between the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris and pisiform bone. Bursitis causes pain in the medial side of the wrist and enters into the differential diagnosis of various diseases of this anatomic region, in particular, with enthesitis of the flexor carpi ulnaris and the ganglion of piso‐pyramidal compartment. We present the sonographic appearance of pisiform bursitis in a symptomatic patient. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 42 :560–561, 2014