Traumatic intratendinous flexor digitorum profundus rupture: A case report.
Intratendinous ruptures of a flexor digitorum profundus tendon are rare in patients who do not have rheumatoid arthritis. A case of a patient with no history of autoimmune disease who suffered a traumatic rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the ring finger in the mid-palm is reported.
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ashok
A
Krishnamurthy
Dinakar
D
Golla
Wp Andrew
WA
Lee
J Peter
JP
Rubin
FDP; Tendon avulsion; Traumatic rupture