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Rheumatology
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Infection-related arthritis
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Tenosynovitis
How do you approach differentiating infectious vs inflammatory tenosynovitis?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Infectious tenosynovitis is boggy and very tender. Inflammatory tenosynovitis is less tender.
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