"Baby wrist": MRI of an overuse syndrome in mothers.

Anderson, Suzanne E; Steinbach, Lynne S; De Monaco, Damir; Bonel, Harald M; Hurtienne, Yvonne; Voegelin, Esther · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2004

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Abstract

The purpose of our study was to describe the MRI findings and interesting clinical aspects of a postpartum overuse syndrome of the wrist and thumb, de Quervain's tenosynovitis, or "baby wrist." Mothers may experience a wrist and thumb overuse syndrome, which can be diagnosed by MRI with an increase in size and low signal intensity on both T1- and T2-weighting, in and around the first dorsal tendon sheath compartment of the wrist.

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