OBJECTIVES: We evaluated @entity1 who underwent surgery for @entity5 of the finger. METHODS: During a 23-year period, 60 @entity1 (48 females, 12 males; mean age 34.6 years; range 5 to 60 years) underwent surgery for @entity5 of the finger. The @entity1 were evaluated with respect to symptoms on presentation, diagnosis, operation types, and @entity260 . The mean follow-up was 16 months (range 6 to 72 months). RESULTS: The most common symptom was @entity158 (67%), which intensified when exposed to cold in 42%. Other symptoms included tenderness in 37 @entity1 (62%), swelling in the finger tip in six @entity1 (10%), and @entity5806 in 34 @entity1 (57%). The @entity5 were most frequently encountered in the fourth and fifth decades of age. Localization of the @entity5 was in the right hand in 32 @entity1 (53.3%), and in the left hand in 28 @entity1 (46.7%). The time to surgery from the onset of symptoms ranged from six months to 30 years (mean 6 years). Fifty-one @entity1 were examined by plain radiographs, 27 of which showed concave-surface erosions in the bone; nine @entity1 underwent magnetic resonance imaging studies besides plain radiography. The @entity5 were subungual in 49 @entity1 (82%) and in the pulp in 11 @entity1 (18%), for which transungual and midlateral approaches were applied, respectively. Postoperatively, nine @entity1 (15%) developed recurrences, all of whom achieved clinical recovery following a subsequent operation. CONCLUSION: Given the considerably delayed time to diagnosis, @entity5 should be taken into consideration in the presence of severe finger @entity158 of unknown origin.

[ XXXX of the finger: a report on 60 cases].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'glomus tumors', 'tumors'] @entity5806 :: ('MESH:D009260', 'Disease') :: ['nail deformities'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['postoperative complications'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['tip pain', 'pain']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['Glomus tumors']
