TY - JOUR
T1 - Interosseous atrophy beyond rheumatoid arthritis, a manifestation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
AU - Bernal-Macías, Santiago
AU - Gualdrón-Chaparro, Karen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Asociación Colombiana de Reumatología
PY - 2022/10/1
Y1 - 2022/10/1
N2 - Interosseous atrophy of the hand is not an exclusive finding of rheumatoid arthritis, and in the case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis it has a significant diagnostic and prognostic value. The physical examination and evidence of the “split hand” sign or sign of the double anatomical snuffbox is a finding that should alert the clinician to the need for complementary studies in order to rule out neurological pathology.
AB - Interosseous atrophy of the hand is not an exclusive finding of rheumatoid arthritis, and in the case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis it has a significant diagnostic and prognostic value. The physical examination and evidence of the “split hand” sign or sign of the double anatomical snuffbox is a finding that should alert the clinician to the need for complementary studies in order to rule out neurological pathology.
KW - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
KW - Sign of the anatomical double snuffbox
KW - Split hand
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rcreu.2020.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.rcreu.2020.12.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101612422
SN - 0121-8123
VL - 29
SP - 347
EP - 349
JO - Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia
JF - Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia
IS - 4
ER -