title: Congenital hypoplasia of the extensor tendons of the hand.
abstract: An 18-year-old woman with congenital flexion contractures of the ulnar three digits bilaterally is presented. She had a three-generation family history of this disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance. Magnetic resonance imaging scan of the wrist and forearm was used to demonstrate a hypoplasia of the digital extensor muscles and tendons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0728, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vartany
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Majumdar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003286:Contracture / Q000151:congenital; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000002:abnormalities; D013710:Tendons / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014953:Wrist / Q000002:abnormalities*