title: Osteochondroma of the lunate with extensor tendons rupture of the index finger: a case report.
abstract: Osteochondroma rarely develops from the carpal bones. We report a first case in which a dorsal osteochondroma of the lunate caused attritional rupture of the tendon of the extensor indicis proprius and a tendon of the extensor digitorum communis of index finger.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kokuho Central Hospital, Tawaramoto, Nara, Japan. takeshi.k11@k4.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuta
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D012667:Lunate Bone; D008875:Middle Aged; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed