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Extensor tendon rupture related to calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease
Y Waguri-Nagaya1, Y Kubota, I Sekiya
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan. waguri@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
Rheumatology International
|May 31, 2002
Abstract:
We report a rare case of spontaneous rupture of the extensor tendons at the wrist which was shown histologically to be related to calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease. The causes of tendon rupture were chronic synovitis with crystal deposition and a dorsal prominence of the ulnar head.