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. 2004 Mar;182(3):719-24.
doi: 10.2214/ajr.182.3.1820719.

"Baby wrist": MRI of an overuse syndrome in mothers

Suzanne E Anderson  1 , Lynne S Steinbach, Damir De Monaco, Harald M Bonel, Yvonne Hurtienne, Esther Voegelin
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"Baby wrist": MRI of an overuse syndrome in mothers

Suzanne E Anderson et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Mar.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of our study was to describe the MRI findings and interesting clinical aspects of a postpartum overuse syndrome of the wrist and thumb, de Quervain's tenosynovitis, or "baby wrist."

Conclusion: Mothers may experience a wrist and thumb overuse syndrome, which can be diagnosed by MRI with an increase in size and low signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighting, in and around the first dorsal tendon sheath compartment of the wrist.

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