Yonsei Med J.  2015 Jul;56(4):1167-1169. 10.3349/ymj.2015.56.4.1167.

A Case of Bilateral Trigger Thumbs Secondary to Aromatase Inhibitor

• Lee JH
• Kim JY
• Kim CH

• KMID: 2366365
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2015.56.4.1167

Abstract

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  Fig. 1 (A) A 49-year-old woman visited our department due to painful bilateral trigger thumbs which were characteristically locked in flexion. The flexor pollicis longus tendon was caught at the A1 pulley. (B) The A1 pulley was thickened. (C) A1 pulley was partial excised. (D) The symptoms completely disappeared after surgery.

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