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Tenosynovitis: a non-specific inflammation involving the tendon sheaths located around the wrists, ankles, or shoulders. The involved sheath may be painful, swollen and tender. Tenosynovitis is a nonspecific inlammation involving the tendon sheaths about the hands, feet, wrists, ankles, and/or shoulders. Etiologies include trauma, overuse, infection (especially gonococcal), tumors, or an inflammatory arthopathy such as rheumatoid arthritis.
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