Aseptic tenosynovitis of the flexor sheath due to a retained wooden splinter.
A patient is described in whom a wooden splinter caused a fulminant tenosynovitis of the flexor tendon sheath. The diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasonography. Treatment consisted of extensive synovectomy.
De Smet
L
L
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Pellenberg, Belgium.
Fabry
G
G
D002648:Child; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography