Acute calcific tendinitis simulating tendon sheath infection.
Tendon sheath infection has catastrophic consequences if not diagnosed. We present acute calcific tendinitis, a simulator of tendon sheath infection with a good prognosis in a 14 year old athletic tennis player.
Omololu
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University College Hospital, Ibadan.
Alonge
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Ogunlade
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013715:Tennis / Q000293:injuries*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000175:diagnosis
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine