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Scans of the man's affected hand and foot revealed "destructive lytic lesions that had completely replaced" the bones in the ...
A 55-year-old man with advanced lung cancer developed an unusual swelling in his right middle finger and big toe, which ...
A man’s swollen finger and toe turned out to be signs of acrometastasis—a rare, aggressive cancer spread where tumors replace ...
Your thumb is a saddle joint, which means one bone sits in the other bone like a saddle. This is different from the ball-and-socket joint you have in your knee or elbow.
Hitchhiker’s thumb is when your thumb is very flexible and can bend backward, sometimes up to 90 degrees. Learn more about what causes it, what conditions are associated with it, and more.
A broken thumb can severely affect a person’s ability to pick up and hold objects. Treatment options may include a splint, cast, or surgery. The bones in the thumb can break in several different ...
Surgeons rebuilt a patient’s entire thumb last month using a bone from his knee and a toe. Dr. James Higgins of MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and Dr. Ryan Katz of the Curtis National Hand ...
Man's thumb rebuilt using toe, knee bones in first-of-its-kind surgery. First-ever double-flap hand surgery performed at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore ...
Doctors hide thumb bone in man’s arm after work injury, then use it to build new one By Irene Wright. January 29, 2025 8:52 AM.
The 25-year-old went back into the operating room, and doctors cut open his arm to check on the thumb bone hiding inside, according to the report. To their relief, the bone was still alive.