Tendon Injuries (Subscribe)

Mannerfelt syndrome refers to rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon from attrition caused by a bony spur in the carpal tunnel.
Synonyms and related keywords: Mannerfelt lesion, flexor pollicis longus tendon rupture, flexor tendon rupture, rheumatoid arthritis lesion
Danikas & Neumeister 2003

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common underlying etiology of tendon rupture in the hand and wrist and is the usual clinical setting in which the term Vaughan-Jackson syndrome is used. O. J. Vaughan-Jackson's first report of extensor tendon rupture described 2 elderly laborers with degenerative arthritis of the distal radioulnar...