Tenosynovitis
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1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Hand Clinics
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
The two types of tenosynovial infections in the hand are acute pyogenic and chronic atypical mycobacterial. Each has specific diagnostic criteria and a different therapeutic approach. If untreated or maltreated through misdiagnosis, either type can lead to significant long-term disability.