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Enveloping calcification of flexor digitorum profundus tendon: a diagnosis easily missed
Sriskandarasa Senthilkumaran1, William M Ledingham2
1Trauma & Orthopaedics, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK s.senthilkumaran@nhs.net.
BMJ Case Reports
|March 20, 2020
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Calcific tendonitis of the hand is a rare condition. We present a case where there was extensive calcification along the flexor digitorum profundus tendon of the little finger. The patient's symptoms resolved with non-operative management.
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