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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 39, 2005 - Issue 6
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CASE REPORT

Osteonecrosis of the metacarpal head in a patient with a prothrombin 20210A gene mutation

Anders Björkman Department of Hand Surgery, University Hospital Malmö, MalmöCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Peter Jörgsholm Department of Hand Surgery, University Hospital Malmö, Malmö
&
Isabella M. Burtscher Department of Radiology, University Hospital Lund, Lund, Sweden
Pages 379-381 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Osteonecrosis of the metacarpal head is rare and of unknown cause. We describe a 17-year-old girl with osteonecrosis of the fourth metacarpal head and a mutated prothrombin 20210A gene, which suggests a possible relation between a hypercoagulable state and osteonecrosis of the metacarpal head.

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