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ArticleJournal of pain research2017

Ultrasound-guided methotrexate injection for De Quervain disease of the wrist: what lies beyond the horizon?

Abdallah El-Sayed Allam, Doaa Shawky Al-Ashkar, Ahmed A Negm, Basma Aly Eltawab, Wei-Ting Wu, Ke-Vin Chang

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdallah El-Sayed AllamDepartment of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Tanta University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Doaa Shawky Al-AshkarDepartment of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Tanta University Hospitals, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Ahmed A NegmDepartment of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Basma Aly EltawabDepartment of Radiology, Tanta University Hospitals, Tanta, Egypt.
Wei-Ting WuDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ke-Vin ChangDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tanta University Hospital · EGNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWAl-Azhar University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

De Quervain disease (DQVD) is one of the most common causes of lateral wrist pain and can lead to significant disability. The current case involves a right-handed, middle-aged, female patient with severe lateral wrist pain due to DQVD. Her pain was not responsive to oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, rehabilitation, and repeated corticosteroid injections. Because she refused surgical intervention, we performed ultrasound-guided methotrexate injections (four times). After the injections, dramatic pain relief, functional improvement, and reduction of the thickness of the retinaculum and tendons in the first dorsal extensor compartment of the wrist were noted. This case report highlights the potential usefulness of ultrasound-guided methotrexate injection for recalcitrant DQVD of the wrist.

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handpainrehabilitationsonography

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PMID29026332
PMCPMC5627726
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