Results At first evaluation he had arthritis of both knees, left ankle and 4th MTF of the left foot and tenosynovitis of second finger of the right hand. His immune evaluation revealed an important CD4 naif lymphopenia, abnormal proliferative responses to mitogens, skewed Vbeta repertoire and expanded gammadelta T cells, as well as conserved humoral response. Laboratory investigations showed er...

OBJECTIVE This case study was conducted to evaluate the conservative management of a patient presenting with right sided wrist and thumb pain diagnosed as De Quervain's tenosynovitis/tendinopathy. CLINICAL FEATURES A 49-year-old female warehouse worker and recreational cyclist with right-sided De Quervain's tenosynovitis/tendinopathy that began after a long-distance cycling trip. INTERVENTI...

Protothecosis is an uncommon human infection caused by achlorophyllic algae of the genus Prototheca, especially P. wickerhamii. The skin is the most frequently involved organ and cases of protothecal tenosynovitis are very rare. A 71-year-old woman without prior medical history except hypertension presented with painful swelling of her right hand that did not improve despite receiving antibioti...

We report a case of flexor pollicis longus and flexor digitorum profundus(II) laceration as a result of the severe tenosynovitis after volar locking plate fixation of distal radius fracture.

OBJECTIVE To chronicle the conservative treatment and management of a 32-year old female patient presenting with radial wrist pain of 4 months duration, diagnosed as De Quervain's stenosing tenosynovitis. CLINICAL FEATURES The primary clinical feature is wrist pain at the radial styloid with resultant impairment of wrist, hand, and thumb function. INTERVENTION AND OUTCOME The conservative t...