his sign is associated with:
- Dequervains disease
- Dupuytren’s Contracture
- Carpal jjtunnel syndrome
- Any of the above
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De Quervain’s Disease
• The abductor pollicis longns and extensor pollicis brevis tendons may become inflammed beneath the retinacular pulley at the radial styloid with in the first extensor compartment.
• Finkelstein’s test. The examiner places patients’ thumb across the palm inside the fist , and then holding the patient’s hand firmly, turns the wrist sharply into adduction. In positive test this is acutely painful; repeating the movement with the thumb left free is relatively painless.