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DeQuervains syndrome Wikipedia
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Description: DeQuervain's syndrome (also known as washerwoman's sprain, Radial styloid tenosynovitis or De Quervain's disease), named for Swiss surgeon Fritz de Quervain who first identified it in 1895, is an inflammation of the sheath or tunnel that surrounds two tendons that control movement of the thumb.
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Added: Tue Apr 10 2007