Traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon in a 16-year-old girl. A case report.
Traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon is well known to occur in middle-aged men in patients on hemodialysis for renal failure and in patients with diabetes, but only very rarely in young and healthy women. We report a case of traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon of a girl without any of the predisposing factors listed.
Adolphson
P
P
Department of Orthopedics, Danderyd Hospital, Sweden.
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000209:etiology*