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Infectious tenosynovitis in 2.5% to 9.4% of all hand infections. Kanavel's cardinal signs are used to diagnose infectious tenosynovitis. They are: tenderness to touch along the flexor aspect of the finger, fusiform enlargement of the affected finger, the finger being held in slight flexion at rest, and severe pain with passive extension.
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Trigger finger, also known as stenosing tenosynovitis, is a disorder characterized by catching or locking of the involved finger in full or near full flexion, typically with force. [2] There may be tenderness in the palm of the hand near the last skin crease (distal palmar crease ). [ 3 ]
Kanavel's sign is a clinical sign found in patients with infection of a flexor tendon sheath in the hand (pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis), a serious condition which can cause rapid loss of function of the affected finger. [1] The sign consists of four components: [2] the affected finger is held in slight flexion.
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726.12 Bicipital tenosynovitis; 726.3 Enthesopathy of elbow region 726.31 Medial epicondylitis; 726.32 Lateral epicondylitis; 726.33 Olecranon bursitis; 726.4 Enthesopathy of wrist and carpus; 726.5 Enthesopathy of hip region; 726.6 Enthesopathy of knee. 726.61 Pes anserinus tendinitis; 726.64 Tendinitis, patellar; 726.65 Prepatellar bursitis
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It should not be confused with sciatica, a condition describing hip and lower back pain much more common to adults than transient synovitis but with similar signs and symptoms. Transient synovitis usually affects children between three and ten years old (but it has been reported in a 3-month-old infant and in some adults [ 3 ] ).