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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 ... using Kanavel’s Signs ... held in slight flexion ... #Tenosynovitis ... Kanavels #Criteria #Sign
Stenosing Flexor Tenosynovitis or Trigger Finger on Physical Exam

Dr. Sergi Barrera @dr.sergibarrera

#TriggerFinger #Trigger #Finger #Stenosing #flexor
Stenosing Flexor ... Tenosynovitis or ... Finger #Stenosing #flexor ... #tendon #tenosynovitis
Flexor Tenosynovitis on POCUS

Index finger including flexor tendon being viewed.  Note small fluid around the
Flexor Tenosynovitis ... finger including flexor ... tenosynovitis. ... reveal Kanavel’s signs ... #Tenosynovitis
Flexor Tenosynovitis

And of course don't forget Kanavel's Criteria:
1. Tenderness along course of finger
2. Symmetrical swelling of
Flexor Tenosynovitis ... Flexed posture of ... @MRamzyDO #Flexor ... #Tenosynovitis ... Criteria #Clinical #Sign
Trousseau's Sign of Hypocalcemia on Physical Exam

Carpopedal spasm caused by ischemia induced by an inflated blood
Trousseau's Sign ... Involves flexion ... of the wrist, thumb ... #Trousseaus #Sign
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Fractures • Finger Flexion ... • Extension of wrist ... adduction) OK Sign ... Diaphyseal) • Thumb flexion ... at IP joint & flexion
Brudzinski's Sign in Meningitis

Forced flexion of the neck elicits a reflex flexion of the hips. It
Brudzinski's Sign ... Meningitis Forced flexion ... elicits a reflex flexion ... #Brudzinskis #Signs
Kanavel's Criteria for Flexor Tenosynovitis 
 - Tenderness along the course of the flexor tendon
Kanavel's Criteria for Flexor ... Tenosynovitis ... course of the flexor ... motion - A flexed ... #Tenosynovitis
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
Positive Hoffmann's sign ... (finger flexor ... Any flexion of the ... are not useful signs ... to cerebellar signs
This 66M w h/o DM2, renal transplant presented with severe volar hand and wrist pain x
volar hand and wrist ... Flexor tenosynovitis ... view of the volar wrist ... Clinical #POCUS #Flexor ... #Tenosynovitis