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Spontaneous Extensor Tendon Rupture and Repair
This is an example of spontaneous extensor tendon rupture secondary to uncontrolled RA. Can also be classified as Vaughan Jackson Syndrome where the ulnar extensor tendons rupture radially. The term Vaughan-Jackson syndrome refers to disruption of the digital extensor tendons, beginning on the ulnar side of the hand and wrist with the extensor digiti minimi (EDM) and extensor digitorum communis (EDC) tendon of the small finger. If the underlying pathology is not treated, sequential rupture of the EDC tendons of the ring, long, and index fingers occurs; ultimately, rupture of the extensor indicis proprius (EIP) may follow.
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