Idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome: histologic study of flexor tendon synovium.

Schuind, F; Ventura, M; Pasteels, J L · J Hand Surg Am · 1990

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

The histologic lesions in flexor tendon synovium of 21 patients seen initially with idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome have been studied. The findings were similar in all biopsy specimens and were typical of a connective tissue undergoing degeneration under repeated mechanical stresses.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy