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[RA] Tenosynovitis of the extensor / flexor tendons

Patient Positioning

Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm down resting on the examination table.

Probe Positioning

Place the transducer on a sagittal plane over the dorsal or palmar aspect of the wrist. Move the probe radially or ulnarly over the extensor tendon compartment of interest.

Probe Placement Hand
Probe Placement Hand

Tenosynovitis of the 4th extensor tendon compartment with effusion and synovialin a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Tenosynovitis of the 4th extensor tendon compartment with effusion, synovial proliferation and doppler signal in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Tenosynovitis of the 4th extensor tendon compartment with effusion, synovial proliferation and doppler signal in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

fds:  flexor digitorum superficialis tendon
fdp: flexor digitorum profundus tendon

Patient with longlasting rheumatoid arthritis without treatment - ultrasound reveals a chronic proliferative tenosynovitis of the flex tendons with synovial proliferation.