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"Baby wrist": MRI of an overuse syndrome in mothers
Suzanne E Anderson1, Lynne S Steinbach, Damir De Monaco
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse, Bern CH-3010, Switzerland. suzanne.anderson@bluewin.ch
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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