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Flexor tendon rupture caused by gout: a case report
Raymond K Wurapa1, David S Zelouf
1Department of Orthopedics, Division of Hand Surgery, The Philadelphia Hand Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|July 20, 2002
Abstract:
We present a case of primary gouty infiltration of flexor tendons in the hand, causing rupture of both flexor digitorum superficialis and profundus tendons in a single digit. The patient was managed by a single-stage reconstruction of the less involved flexor digitorum superficialis tendon using a segment of the proximal stump of flexor digitorum profundus tendon as a bridge graft. This uncommon etiology of tendon rupture should be considered in all patients with a history of gout presenting with tendon insufficiency.