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Report of 423 Cases in 369 Patients with 354 Operations

PAUL W. LAPIDUS, M.D.; RICHARD FENTON, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1952;64(4):475-487.

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AT PRESENT, stenosing tenovaginitis is a well-known entity. It occurs most commonly about the hand and wrist in the flexor tendon sheaths of the lesser fingers (trigger finger), in the sheath of the flexor pollicis longus, and in the sheath of the abductor pollicis longus and the extensor pollicis brevis. It has been observed, but more rarely, about the ankle and foot.¹

The rather frequent stenosing of the common sheath of the abductor pollicis longus and the extensor pollicis brevis remained unrecognized until its classical description by de Quervain in 1895.² As pointed out by Finkelstein³ in 1930, the condition was accorded scant recognition in the American literature and continued to mystify the physicians of this country during the first decades of this century, often being erroneously diagnosed as arthritis, neuritis, or periostitis.

Although the modern orthopedic surgeon has no difficulty in recognizing and treating stenosing tenovaginitis, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Hospital for Joint Diseases.

Footnotes
This article has been shortened for publication in the Archives by omission of detailed case reports. These will appear in the authors' reprints.

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