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

Harry Whitehouse; Jeffrey C Y Chan; Matthew James

doi:10.1080/23320885.2018.1522960

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

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2018 Oct 9;5(1):59-61. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2018.1522960. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Harry Whitehouse¹, Jeffrey C Y Chan¹, Matthew James¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, St. Thomas' Hospital (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Flexor Digitorum Profundus; Rupture; Spontaneous; Zone IV.

Publication types

Case Reports