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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Tenosynovitis of the flexor sheath of the finger as a result of repetitive use | *Tenosynovitis of the flexor sheath of the finger as a result of repetitive use | ||
==Clinical Features== | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
{{Hand and finger injury DDX}} | |||
==Diagnosis== | |||
==Treatment== | ==Treatment== | ||
#Conservative therapy | #Conservative therapy | ||
##rest | ##rest | ||
##NSAIDs | ##[[NSAIDs]] | ||
##immobilization (buddy tape or finger splint) | ##immobilization (buddy tape or finger splint) | ||
#Refractory cases may require steroid injection or surgery | #Refractory cases may require steroid injection or surgery | ||
Revision as of 06:50, 1 June 2015
Background
- Tenosynovitis of the flexor sheath of the finger as a result of repetitive use
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Hand and finger injuries
- Distal finger
- Other finger/thumb
- Boutonniere deformity
- Mallet finger
- Jammed finger
- Jersey finger
- Trigger finger
- Ring avulsion injury
- De Quervain tenosynovitis
- Infiltrative tenosynovitis
- Metacarpophalangeal ulnar ligament rupture (Gamekeeper's thumb)
- Hand
- Wrist
- Drummer's wrist
- Ganglion cyst
- Lunotriquetral ligament instability
- Scaphoid fracture
- Extensor digitorum tenosynovitis
- Compressive neuropathy ("bracelet syndrome")
- Intersection syndrome
- Snapping Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
- Vaughn Jackson syndrome
- General
Diagnosis
Treatment
- Conservative therapy
- rest
- NSAIDs
- immobilization (buddy tape or finger splint)
- Refractory cases may require steroid injection or surgery
See Also
Source
- Tintinalli
- Atlas of Emergency Medicine