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Extensor tendon rupture related to calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease
A I Binder1, M N Sheppard, E Paice
1Department of Rheumatology, Whittington Hospital, Highgate Hill, London.
British Journal of Rheumatology
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
We report a case of rupture of the extensor tendons at the wrist shown histologically to be related to calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition disease. This cause for extensor tendon rupture has not previously been described.