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Spindle-shaped finger

MedGen UID:
901938
Concept ID:
C4230397
Finding
Synonym: Spindle-shaped fingers
 
HPO: HP:0031092

Definition

Swelling of the hand at the knuckles, that gives the fingers a spindle shape (i.e., a round stick with tapered end and a broader base). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSpindle-shaped finger

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Yamamoto T, Daniel BW, Kageyama T, Sakai H, Fuse Y, Tsukuura R, Yamamoto N
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2022 Jan;75(1):332-339. Epub 2021 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.08.021. PMID: 34642064
Yi A, Kennedy C, Chia B, Kennedy SA
J Hand Surg Am 2019 May;44(5):394-399. Epub 2019 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.01.013. PMID: 30797654
Chaudhry IH, Kazakov DV, Michal M, Mentzel T, Luzar B, Calonje E
J Cutan Pathol 2010 Mar;37(3):323-9. Epub 2009 Aug 11 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01385.x. PMID: 19678826
Ogose A, Emura I, Iwabuchi Y, Hotta T, Inoue Y, Saito H
J Hand Surg Am 1998 Sep;23(5):875-8. doi: 10.1016/S0363-5023(98)80166-4. PMID: 9763265
Watanabe M, Ishii E, Hirowatari Y, Hayashida Y, Koga T, Akazawa K, Miyazaki S
Pediatr Radiol 1997 Nov;27(11):860-4. doi: 10.1007/s002470050256. PMID: 9361045

Diagnosis

Lipner SR, Ko D, Husain S
J Drugs Dermatol 2019 May 1;18(5):465-467. PMID: 31141855
Ashby-Richardson H, Rogers GS, Stadecker MJ
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2011 Aug;135(8):1064-6. doi: 10.5858/2009-0684-RSR1. PMID: 21810002
Macarenco AC, Macarenco RS
Am J Dermatopathol 2008 Jun;30(3):291-4. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31816f150a. PMID: 18496437
Giele H, Hollowood K, Gibbons CL, Wilson DJ, Athanasou NA
Skeletal Radiol 2003 Dec;32(12):724-7. Epub 2003 Oct 8 doi: 10.1007/s00256-003-0697-y. PMID: 14534752
Hilderink BG, Brunner HG
Clin Dysmorphol 1995 Oct;4(4):319-23. doi: 10.1097/00019605-199510000-00007. PMID: 8574422

Therapy

Aljohani R
Medicine (Baltimore) 2022 Jan 21;101(3):e28663. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000028663. PMID: 35060560Free PMC Article
Hollmann TJ, Bovée JV, Fletcher CD
Am J Surg Pathol 2012 Jun;36(6):789-98. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31824a0b83. PMID: 22367301

Prognosis

Hiraide T, Tsuda N, Momoi M, Shinya Y, Sano M, Fukuda K, Shibahara J, Kuramoto J, Kanai Y, Kosaki K, Hakamata Y, Kataoka M
Sci Rep 2024 Nov 4;14(1):26604. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-77388-5. PMID: 39496725Free PMC Article
Yi A, Kennedy C, Chia B, Kennedy SA
J Hand Surg Am 2019 May;44(5):394-399. Epub 2019 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.01.013. PMID: 30797654
Kurata A, Yamada M, Ohno SI, Inoue S, Hashimoto H, Fujita K, Takanashi M, Kuroda M
Oncol Rep 2018 Jan;39(1):91-100. Epub 2017 Nov 10 doi: 10.3892/or.2017.6093. PMID: 29138864Free PMC Article
Ogose A, Emura I, Iwabuchi Y, Hotta T, Inoue Y, Saito H
J Hand Surg Am 1998 Sep;23(5):875-8. doi: 10.1016/S0363-5023(98)80166-4. PMID: 9763265
Iyadomi M, Ohtsubo H, Gotoh Y, Kohda H, Narisawa Y
J Dermatol 1998 Jun;25(6):379-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02418.x. PMID: 9675345

Clinical prediction guides

Sugimoto R, Uesugi N, Yamada N, Osakabe M, Baba S, Yanagawa N, Akiyama Y, Habano W, Sasaki A, Oda Y, Sugai T
Diagn Pathol 2023 Feb 17;18(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s13000-023-01310-2. PMID: 36803776Free PMC Article
Yi A, Kennedy C, Chia B, Kennedy SA
J Hand Surg Am 2019 May;44(5):394-399. Epub 2019 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.01.013. PMID: 30797654
Macarenco AC, Macarenco RS
Am J Dermatopathol 2008 Jun;30(3):291-4. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31816f150a. PMID: 18496437
Kawaguchi M, Mitsuhashi Y, Hozumi Y, Kondo S
J Dermatol 1998 Aug;25(8):523-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02448.x. PMID: 9769598
De Flaviis L, Scaglione P, Nessi R, Ventura R, Calori G
Acta Radiol 1988 Jul-Aug;29(4):457-60. PMID: 3044411

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