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Tenosynovitis

"Tenosynovitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Inflammation of the synovial lining of a tendon sheath. Causes include trauma, tendon stress, bacterial disease (gonorrhea, tuberculosis), rheumatic disease, and gout. Common sites are the hand, wrist, shoulder capsule, hip capsule, hamstring muscles, and Achilles tendon. The tendon sheaths become inflamed and painful, and accumulate fluid. Joint mobility is usually reduced.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tenosynovitis" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Tenosynovitis" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 32 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1996 and 2013
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