Stenosing tendovaginitis of the flexor carpi radialis tendon
Keller, H.P.; Lanz, U.
Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse Organ der V. 16(4): 236-237
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0722-1819 PMID: 6510785 Document Number: 233728
Pain at the radial side of the wrist may be caused by stenosing tenosynovitis of the flexor carpi radialis tendon. Typical in these cases is a tenderness over the tendon at the wrist. Pain is most often produced by pronation and especially by palmar flexion against resistance. The condition is caused by narrowing of the canal of flexor carpi radialis tendon within the wrist by nonspecific synovitis. In some cases osteoarthritis of the joint between the scaphoid and trapezium can compress the tendon and cause its attrition. If the pain is not relieved by conservative methods it can usually be cured by operative decompression of the canal.