title: Fibrous loose body in the flexor tendon sheath.
abstract: We report the first known example of an entirely fibrous loose body lying in the flexor tendon sheath of a finger. This was seen initially as a painless swelling in a fit young woman and was surgically excised with full restoration of function. The cause of the loose body is unknown, but it may have originated as a fibroma of the flexor tendon sheath or as a localized nodular tenosynovitis.
authors.affiliation: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Scotland.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hutchison
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Chesney
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013710:Tendons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*