title: Attritional flexor tendon ruptures by an old lunate dislocation.
abstract: A 76-year-old man sustained attritional disruption of the extrinsic flexor tendons to the ulnar two fingers over 40 years after an untreated palmar lunate dislocation. Spontaneous flexor tendon rupture is rare without wrist joint pathology, even in the absence of chronic pain or median nerve compression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Bowen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D014955:Wrist Joint