Idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome: histologic study of flexor tendon synovium

F Schuind; M Ventura; J L Pasteels

doi:10.1016/0363-5023(90)90070-8

Idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome: histologic study of flexor tendon synovium

J Hand Surg Am. 1990 May;15(3):497-503. doi: 10.1016/0363-5023(90)90070-8.

Authors

F Schuind¹, M Ventura, J L Pasteels

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hôpital Erasme, Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 2348074
DOI: 10.1016/0363-5023(90)90070-8

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.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / etiology
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / pathology*
Female
Humans
Hypertrophy
Male
Middle Aged
Synovial Membrane / diagnostic imaging
Synovial Membrane / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed