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Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
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Flexor Tenosynovitis ... (FTS) The clinical ... diagnosis of FTS ... #Kanavels #Criteria ... #Sign #Hand #MSK
Flexor Tenosynovitis

And of course don't forget Kanavel's Criteria:
1. Tenderness along course of finger
2. Symmetrical swelling of
Flexor Tenosynovitis ... forget Kanavel's Criteria ... #Kanavels #Criteria ... #Clinical #Sign ... #Hand #MSK #Diagnosis
Osteomyelitis of the Finger Secondary to Embedded Ring: Note that broken
end of ring penetrates the skin
Osteomyelitis of the Finger ... penetrates the skin ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Radiology ... #Hand #Ring #UCSDH
Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis

50-year-old man, kidney transplant, with post-transplant diabetes. Inpatient for pneumonia. It evolves with delirium,
the 4 Kanavel criteria ... of the hand : fusiform ... compartments of the hand ... #Hand #Finger # ... Clinical #Photo
CREST Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

CALCINOSIS (BB-sized, hard nodules in fingers)
RAYNAUD'S Phenomenon
ESOPHAGEAL DYSMOTILITY
SCLERODACTYLY (thickening and tightening
Clinical Findings ... nodules in fingers ... tightening of skin ... TELANGIECTASIA (In face, hands ... #Signs #Symptoms
Extrapulmonary manifestations of sarcoidosis.
a. Endobronchial cobblestones (a nodular appearance of the tracheal wall mucosa). 
b. Diffuse
earlobe due to skin ... lesions in the hand ... Radiography scan of the finger ... manifestations #clinical ... #photo #diagnosis
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
wane; diagnosis ... trauma leads to skin ... painless, no systemic signs ... Sporotrichiosis #Infection #clinical ... #photo #hand
Cushing's Syndrome - Moon Facies, Buffalo Hump, Abdominal Striae, Thin Skin

A young man presents with rapid
Abdominal Striae, Thin Skin ... the patient's hand ... Cushings #Syndrome #Signs ... BuffaloHump #Striae #Clinical ... #Photo
Kawasaki Disease: Clinical Findings
Diagnostic Criteria - Fever and 4/5 of the following:
 • Conjunctivitis
 • Polymorphous
Kawasaki Disease: Clinical ... Findings Diagnostic ... Criteria - Fever ... Edema/erythema on hands ... - Generalized Skin
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
if they have no clinical ... purposes of this algorithm ... and lab signs ( ... under nail bed of fingers ... #Diagnosis #Peds