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Finkelstein's sign

Pain in the thumb & lateral forearm exacerbated by active radial deviation, thumb motions & passive thumb flexion with ulnar deviation. Finkelstein's sign is an indicator of de Quervain's tenosynovitis. * positive Finkelstein's sign also noted in a case of tenosynovitis due to disseminated gonococcus [1]

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de Quervain's tenosynovitis (stenosing tenosynovitis) Finkelstein's maneuver

General

sign/symptom

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 17. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2015