"Trigger Finger Disorder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A painful disability in the hand affecting the finger or thumb. It is caused by mechanical impingement of the digital flexor tendons as they pass through a narrowed retinacular pulley at the level of the metacarpal head. Thickening of the sheath and fibrocartilaginous metaplasia can occur, and nodules can form. (From Green's Operative Hand Surgery, 5th ed, p2137-58).
| Descriptor ID |
D052582
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.869.816.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Trigger Finger Disorder- Trigger Finger Disorder
- Trigger Digits
- Digit, Trigger
- Digits, Trigger
- Trigger Digit
- Snapping Finger
- Finger, Snapping
- Fingers, Snapping
- Snapping Fingers
- Flexor Tendon Entrapment
- Entrapment, Flexor Tendon
- Entrapments, Flexor Tendon
- Flexor Tendon Entrapments
- Tendon Entrapment, Flexor
- Tendon Entrapments, Flexor
Trigger Thumb- Trigger Thumb
- Thumb, Trigger
- Thumbs, Trigger
- Trigger Thumbs
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