title: Aseptic tenosynovitis of the flexor sheath due to a retained wooden splinter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Pellenberg, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fabry
mesh_terms: 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