Ultrasound in the diagnosis of clinical orthopedics: The orthopedic stethoscope

Figure 15 Tenosynovitis. 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.