Closed extensor tendon rupture caused by Kienböck disease: a case report
Archives of Plastic Surgery
;
: 76-79, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
Kienböck disease, a rare disease that can cause chronic pain and motor dysfunction, occurs due to avascular necrosis of the lunate bone, which leads to dislocation of the carpal bone. Among various other etiologies, Kienböck disease can cause closed tendon rupture of the finger. In this report, we introduce a case of total rupture of the second extensor digitorum communis and the extensor indicis proprius tendons caused by undiagnosed Kienböck disease in an elderly female patient.
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Archives of Plastic Surgery
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2022
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