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Wrist & Hand
Observations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Spoon nails | iron deficiency or fungal infection |
| Clubbed nails | poor circulation; cuticle bubbles up |
| Ganglion cyst | tear in tendon tissue due to repetitive ROM: causes calcium to leak creating cyst |
| Trigger finger | tenosynovitis of a flexor tendon |
| Mallet finger | Avulsion fracture of extensor tendon from distal phalanx preventing DIP extension |
| Boutonniere deformity | Rupture of extensor tendon from the proximal interphalangeal joint (PIP) preventing extension at the PIP and causing extension of DIP jt. |