title: Three rare causes of extensor tendon rupture.
abstract: Three unusual cases of rupture of finger extensor tendons by attrition are reported. In one instance it was associated with long-standing nonunion of a scaphoid fracture, with a posttraumatic dorsal subluxation of the lower end of the ulna in another, and with a Madelung's deformity in the third. Extensor tendon rupture has not been previously recorded in the English-language literature after the first two conditions.
authors.affiliation: Hand and Microsurgery Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation