Traumatic intratendinous flexor digitorum profundus rupture: A case report |
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| Authors: | Ashok Krishnamurthy Dinakar Golla WP Andrew Lee J Peter Rubin |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | FDP Tendon avulsion Traumatic rupture |
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