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Case Reports
. 2023 Feb 16;13(1).
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.22.00638. eCollection 2023 Jan 1.

Solitary Radio-Opaque Lesion of Wrist (Tumoral Calcinosis) Disappears Spontaneously After Causing Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Case Report

Efstratios D Athanaselis  1 , Theodoros Mylonas  1 , Theodoros Mylonas  1 , Alkis Saridis  2 , Maria Ioannou  3 , Konstantinos N Malizos  1 , Theofilos Karachalios  1 , Sokratis Varitimidis  1
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Solitary Radio-Opaque Lesion of Wrist (Tumoral Calcinosis) Disappears Spontaneously After Causing Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Case Report

Efstratios D Athanaselis et al. JBJS Case Connect. .

Abstract

Case: We describe the case of a 53-year-old male patient with a history of acute carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) provoked by a radio-opaque mass on the palmar side of the wrist. Although the mass disappeared in new radiographs 6 weeks later without any intervention apart from the carpal tunnel release, excisional biopsy was conducted on the residue, revealing tumoral calcinosis.

Conclusion: Both acute CTS and spontaneous resolution are clinical manifestations of this rare condition on suspicion of which biopsy can be avoided by following a "wait and see" strategy.

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