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De Quervain's tenosynovitis is a common condition in which the sheath containing the extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus tendons is inflamed. It typically affects females aged 30-50 years old. Finkelstein's test is positive (on grasping the patient's thumb and abducting the hand to the ulnar side, there is pain over the radial styloid process). Having a young child is a risk factor as the inflammation can occur due to repeatedly lifting up a child.
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De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
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Radial nerve entrapment may occur at any point along the anatomic course of the nerve. The most frequent site of compression is in the proximal forearm. It results in numbness, paresthesia, pain, and weakness in the radial nerve distribution.
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Radial nerve entrapment
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A scaphoid fracture is fracture of the scaphoid bone, mostly caused by trauma. Symptom includes pain at the base of the thumb, which is worse with use of the hand.
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Scaphoid fracture
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Osteoarthritis is a chronic inflammatory condition of joints and is unlikely in this young patient.
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Osteoarthritis
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Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs following compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel. The symptoms include numbness, paresthesia, and pain in the median nerve distribution.
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
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A 30-year-old mother of a six-month-old infant presents to the orthopaedic outpatient clinic with a complaint of pain in her right wrist for three weeks. The pain is on the radial side of the wrist and, on examination, Finkelstein test is found to be positive.

Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
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