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Review
. 2016 Jan;474(1):280-4.
doi: 10.1007/s11999-015-4367-x. Epub 2015 May 29.

In Brief: Kanavel's Signs and Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis

Colin D Kennedy  1 , Jerry I Huang  2 , Douglas P Hanel  2
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Review

In Brief: Kanavel's Signs and Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis

Colin D Kennedy et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2016 Jan.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
The right middle finger of this patient with pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis shows fusiform swelling and the digit was held in flexion with tenderness to palpation along the flexor tendon sheath and exquisite pain with passive digit extension. There is an identifiable entry site of previous trauma overlying the middle phalanx. (Published with permission from Alexander Lauder MD, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.)
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
The index finger of this patient with pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis shows fusiform swelling of the digit and the digit is held in flexion. This patient had pain with passive extension of the digit and tenderness to palpation along the length of the flexor tendon sheath.
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