Diseases

Tenosynovitis

Inflammation of the synovial lining of a tendon sheath. Causes include trauma, tendon stress, bacterial disease (gonorrhea, tuberculosis), rheumatic disease, and gout. Common sites are the hand, wrist, shoulder capsule, hip capsule, hamstring muscles, and Achilles tendon. The tendon sheaths become inflamed and painful, and accumulate fluid. Joint mobility is usually reduced.

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Inflammation of the synovial lining of a tendon sheath. Causes include trauma, tendon stress, bacterial disease (gonorrhea, tuberculosis), rheumatic disease, and gout. Common sites are the hand, wrist, shoulder capsule, hip capsule, hamstring muscles, and Achilles tendon. The tendon sheaths become inflamed and painful, and accumulate fluid. Joint mobility is usually reduced.

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  • Tenosynovitides

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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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do not confuse with TENDINITIS (inflammation of tendon) or SYNOVITIS (inflammation of synovial membrane); STENOSING TENOSYNOVITIS see TENDON ENTRAPMENT is available

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tenosynovitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013717. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013717
  2. Tenosynovitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenosynovitis
  3. Tenosynovitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1505689