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Traumatic intratendinous flexor digitorum profundus rupture: A case report
Ashok Krishnamurthy1, Dinakar Golla, Wp Andrew Lee
1Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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.

