The Carpometacarpal Boss
10.4055/jkoa.1976.11.3.455
- Author:
Kwon Ick HA
;
Dong Jae PIL
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Carpometacarpal Joints;
Carps;
Congenital Abnormalities;
Fingers;
Humans;
Periostitis;
Stress, Mechanical;
Tendons;
Wrist
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1976;11(3):455-457
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The carpometacarpal boss is a bone prominence involving the carpometacarpal joints of the index and long fingers. In 1931 Fiolle described a bone lesion located the dorsum of his right wrist. He initially believed this to be primarily a carpal lesion and then called it a carpe bossu (carpal boss). The cause of the lesion has been thought to be the result either of a childhood fracture, or of an occupational strain or of periostitis secondary to the pull of the extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon insertion. A congenital predisposition, os styloideum, has also been suggested. We experienced three patients possessing a total of five lesions which showed that repeated mechanical stress in four and os styloideum in one were implicated in the etiology of this deformity.
