In this episode of the Hand Surgery Resource Podcast, Dr. Larry Hurst shares more about Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon Sheath, more popularly known as Xanthoma.

A giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath (GCTTS) is a slow growing, usually painless benign lesion localized at the extremities. It is the second most common benign tumor of the hand after ganglion cyst.

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In this episode of the Hand Surgery Resource Podcast, Dr. Larry Hurst shares more about Scapholunate Advanced Collapse (SLAC) Wrist, more popularly known as Wrist Osteoarthritis.

Nearly 90% of the degenerative changes observed in patients with osteoarthritis of the wrist follow three predictable patterns, the most common of which is “scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC)” wrist, coined by Watson and Ballet in 1984.1 Arthritic changes initially involve the radioscaphoid joint, and as cartilage disappears, the radial side of the wrist loses support. The capitate slides away from the radial side of the lunate, which in turn, leads to degeneration of the capitolunate joint and the hamatolunate joint. The radiolunate and lunotriquetral joints are often spared. The trapeziometacarpal joint is usually affected by arthritis that is unrelated to the SLAC wrist process.

In this episode of the Hand Surgery Resource Podcast, Dr. Larry Hurst shares more about Glomus Tumor.

Glomus tumors are rare, benign papules or nodules that appear predominantly at subungual sites in the distal extremities especially in middle aged women. Glomus tumors are very painful, often causing paroxysmal responses to changes in temperature or pressure. The pain is secondary to glomus body contractions. Most tumors occur as solitary lesions; however, multiple tumors, even on one fingertip have been reported. It is important to keep Carroll's triad described in 1972 in mind when attempting to diagnose glomus tumors. There are three types of glomus tumors: mucoid hyaline, solid (glomus) and angiomatous. Usually glomus tumors are smaller than 1 cm in diameter with most about 5mm in diameter.

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