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TENOSYNOVITE STENOSANTE [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
DEF

A bulbous swelling of the tendon, causing the tendon to catch as it passes through the pulley (the thick fibrous tunnel that holds the tendon in place); sometimes caused by rheumatoid arthritis; trigger fingers, snapping tendons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
DEF

Inflammation simultanée d'un tendon et de sa gaine avec sténose progressive localisée de la gaine et gêne du jeu tendineux. À la face dorsale, la forme la plus fréquente est la ténosynovite chronique sténosante de de Quervain. À la région palmaire, la localisation la plus habituelle réalise le «doigt à ressaut» [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Músculos y tendones
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Record 2 1992-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
OBS

to constrict: to narrow or make smaller (an opening or lumen).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
CONT

La ténosynovite sténosante de De Quervain. (...) elle est la conséquence d'une sténose progressive de la gaine des tendons du long abducteur et du court extenseur du pouce, dans la première coulisse ostéofibreuse dorsale située au niveau de l'apophyse styloide radiale. Le rétrécissement de la lumière de ce tunnel étrangle les tendons (...)

Spanish

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