AUTHOR=Guo Deming , Yang Jingjing , Liu Xiaoning 

TITLE=Surgical management of chronic calcific deposit resembling tendon sheath infection in the index finger: A rare case report and literature review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1119612

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2023.1119612

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=Background: Calcific tendonitis rarely occurs in the fingers and it is easily misdiagnosed. Herein we describe the case of a patient with multiple calcific lesions within the flexor digitorum superficialis and the extensor digitorum tendons of the distal interphalangeal joints of the right index finger, and the surgical treatment of those lesions.
Case presentation: The patient was a 66-year-old man who reported having multiple chronic lesions in his right index finger for 1 year. He was diagnosed with chronic calcific tendonitis based on his symptoms and radiology images. He was successfully treated surgically, and histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis. After 1 month the patient had healed well, and there was no recurrence.
Conclusions: This is the first report of a patient suffering from chronic calcific tendonitis in a finger who failed conservative treatment was successfully treated with surgery. The outcome demonstrates that surgical repair can yield a good outcome in patients with chronic calcific tendonitis.