Tendon Conditions
A 35-year-old new mother presents with 3 months of radial-sided wrist pain exacerbated by gripping and thumb movements. She reports pain when lifting her baby. Examination reveals tenderness and swelling over the radial styloid, positive Finkelstein test, and pain with resisted thumb extension. Her symptoms began shortly after childbirth. Regarding de Quervain tenosynovitis:
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De Quervain tenosynovitis is stenosing tenosynovitis of the first dorsal compartment containing the ...
Clinical features include pain and swelling over the radial styloid, pain with gripping and thumb mo...
De Quervain affects the third dorsal compartment; it involves the extensor pollicis longus tendon; i...
Anatomical variations are clinically important: a separate subcompartment for the EPB tendon exists ...
Treatment begins with activity modification, thumb spica splinting, and NSAIDs; corticosteroid injec...
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