title: Idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome: histologic study of flexor tendon synovium.
abstract: The histologic lesions in flexor tendon synovium of 21 patients seen initially with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome have been studied. The findings were similar in all biopsy specimens and were typical of a connective tissue undergoing degeneration under repeated mechanical stresses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hôpital Erasme, Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schuind
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pasteels
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed