Extensor Tendon Rupture Due to Advanced Kienb öck's Disease: Two Case Reports and a Review of Literature.

We report two elderly patients diagnosed with advanced Kienböck's disease after non-traumatic rupture of extensor tendon of the fingers. Since the extensor tendon rupture in Kienböck's disease present as a loss of active extension of metacarpophalangeal joint in the central fingers, these patients should undergo imaging of the wrist joints to ascertain concomitant Kienböck's disease. PMID: 32000607 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Hand Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol Source Type: research