Diseases

De Quervain Disease

Stenosing tenosynovitis of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons in the first dorsal wrist compartment. The presenting symptoms are usually pain and tenderness at the radial styloid. The cause is almost always related to OVERUSE INJURY or is associated with RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.

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Stenosing tenosynovitis of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons in the first dorsal wrist compartment. The presenting symptoms are usually pain and tenderness at the radial styloid. The cause is almost always related to OVERUSE INJURY or is associated with RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.

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5 entry terms
  • De Quervain Stenosing Tenosynovitis
  • De Quervain's Disease
  • Stenosing Tenosynovitis, De Quervain
  • De Quervains Disease
  • Disease, De Quervain

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with de Quervain's disease of thyroid ( = DE QUERVAIN THYROIDITIS see THYROIDITIS, SUBACUTE)

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History Note

2007; use TENOSYNOVITIS 1998-2006

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Previous Indexing

  • Tenosynovitis (1963-2006)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. De Quervain Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053684. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053684
  2. De Quervain Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Quervain_tendinopathy
  3. De Quervain Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517202