Vaughn Jackson syndrome

Background

Extensor digiti minimi (EDM)
Progressive rupture of tendon along ulnar aspect of wrist

extensor compartments of wrist

Clinical Features

Differential Diagnosis

Hand and finger injuries

Distal finger
Other finger/thumb
- Boutonniere deformity
- Mallet finger
  - Swan neck deformity
- Jammed finger
- Jersey finger
- Trigger finger
- Ring avulsion injury
- De Quervain tenosynovitis
- Infiltrative tenosynovitis
- Metacarpophalangeal ulnar ligament rupture (Gamekeeper's thumb)
Hand
- Dupuytren contracture
Wrist
- Drummer's wrist
- Ganglion cyst
- Lunotriquetral ligament instability
- Scaphoid fracture
- Extensor digitorum tenosynovitis
- Compressive neuropathy ("bracelet syndrome")
- Intersection syndrome
- Snapping Extensor Carpi Ulnaris
- Vaughn Jackson syndrome
General
- Hand and finger dislocations
- Hand and finger fractures
- Gout and Pseudogout
- Hand and finger tendon injuries
- High-pressure injection injury
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis

Evaluation

Management

Disposition

See Also

Hand and finger diagnoses

External Links

See Dr. Nabil Ebraheim's video on dorsal wrist compartment syndromes

References

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