Open AccessDiagnosis and Treatment of Symptomatic Carpal Bossing
Author(s) -
Hendryk Vieweg,
Sebastian Radmer,
Robert Fresow,
Arash Mehdi Tabibzada,
P Kamusella,
Fabian Scheer,
Reimer Andresen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/14820.6606
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , surgery
Carpal bossing is an osseous formation at the dorsal portion of the quadrangular joint, which rarely becomes symptomatic. However, in some patients it causes pain, restricted mobility and can lead to complications like tendon rupture, inflammatory and degenerative joint disease.