Sequential rupture of extensor tendons after a Colles fracture.
Rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon occurred 6 weeks after a Colles fracture. The condition was treated successfully by a tendon transfer, but spontaneous rupture of the extensor digitorum communis tendon to the long finger occurred 10 months after injury. The cause of these ruptures could not be established.
D000368:Aged; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D012421:Rupture; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors