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. 2011 Feb 18;2(2):13–24. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v2.i2.13

Figure 15.

Figure 15

Ultrasound examination of flexor tendons synovitis. A: Left hand flexor tendon synovitis. Note the fluid around the tendon. No tear is demonstrated; B: Left hand flexor tendon synovitis. Note the hyper-vascularity with the vascular inflammation signs; C: Flexor tendon synovitis, right hand mid-phalanx. Note the large amount of clear fluid around the tendon. This 55-year old woman presented with acute pain in the palmar aspect of the hand with irregular synovial thickening, increased fluid and hypervascularity.