Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger

We present a case of spontaneous closed flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendon rupture of the fifth finger occurring in the carpal tunnel region (Zone IV) of the hand. A review of literature illustrates that spontaneous rupture of FDP in Zone IV is extremely rare and we wish to highlight this.

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Autores principales: Whitehouse, Harry, Chan, Jeffrey C. Y., James, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30320154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2018.1522960
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description We present a case of spontaneous closed flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendon rupture of the fifth finger occurring in the carpal tunnel region (Zone IV) of the hand. A review of literature illustrates that spontaneous rupture of FDP in Zone IV is extremely rare and we wish to highlight this.
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spelling pubmed-61790622018-10-12 Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger Whitehouse, Harry Chan, Jeffrey C. Y. James, Matthew Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report We present a case of spontaneous closed flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendon rupture of the fifth finger occurring in the carpal tunnel region (Zone IV) of the hand. A review of literature illustrates that spontaneous rupture of FDP in Zone IV is extremely rare and we wish to highlight this. Taylor & Francis 2018-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6179062/ /pubmed/30320154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2018.1522960 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger
title Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger
title_full Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger
title_fullStr Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger
title_short Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger
title_sort spontaneous closed zone iv rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30320154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2018.1522960
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