title: Attritional rupture of the extensor tendon due to longstanding Kienböck's disease.
abstract: Two cases of attritional rupture of the extensor tendon due to longstanding Kienböck's disease are reported. The rupture was caused by the fragment of a collapsed lunate which pierced the dorsal capsule of the wrist.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Higashi-Ku, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Inoué
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology