title: Extension contracture of the wrist: a case report.
abstract: Progressive extension contracture of the wrist of a 19-year-old female patient was noted at operation to be due to shortening of the extensor carpi radialis longus and extensor carpi radialis brevis. Satisfactory wrist motion was restored with Z-plasty tendon lengthening of these two muscles. There was no apparent abnormality of the muscle bellies and no identifiable cause of the muscular contracture. A review of the literature revealed no previously reported cases of this kind.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003286:Contracture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014953:Wrist