title: Linburg-Comstock phenomenon following forearm laceration.
abstract: A 20-year-old man presented with an inability to flex the interphalangeal joint of the right thumb without simultaneous flexion of the distal interphalangeal joint of the index finger following a penetrating injury to the right forearm. With a clinical suspicion of intertendinous adhesions between the flexor pollicis longus and the flexor digitorum profundus to the index finger, surgical exploration under wide-awake anesthesia was performed. Intraoperatively, the intertendinous adhesions were identified and divided completely. Postoperatively, the patient achieved good, independent flexion of the interphalangeal joint of the thumb. This case demonstrates a clinical picture similar to that of Linburg-Comstock syndrome, which occurred following a forearm penetrating injury. We call this the Linburg-Comstock (LC) phenomenon.
authors: Department of Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. lin.bei.er@sgh.com.sg
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Lin
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sreedharan
authors: Andrew Y H
authors: AY
authors: Chin
mesh_terms: D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D050278:Finger Phalanges / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult