Closed extensor tendon rupture caused by Kienböck disease: a case report
- Author:
Jong Yun CHOI
1
;
Won Jin CHA
;
Ee Room JUNG
;
Bommie F. SEO
;
Sung-No JUNG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Archives of Plastic Surgery 2022;49(1):76-79
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- 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.
