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A 39-year-old man presents with severe right index-finger pain and swelling 48 hours after a thorn-prick injury.
Vitals: Temp 38.2 °C, HR 104 bpm, BP 124/72 mmHg.
Exam: The digit is swollen and tender along the ventral surface.
Which of the following is NOT a classical Kanavel sign of acute flexor tenosynovitis?

A. Fusiform swelling of the affected finger

B. Tenderness along the flexor tendon sheath

C. Severe pain on passive extension of the finger

D. Finger held in dorsiflexion at rest

E. Finger held in flexion at rest

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https://www.rcemlearning.org/modules/flexor-tenosynovitis/

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