Finkelstein's sign

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Introduction

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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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 17. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2015