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Scaphoid exostosis causing rupture of the flexor pollicis longus
1Princess Elizabeth Orthopedic Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
A case of attrition rupture of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon caused by a scaphoid osteophyte in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis is reported. This lesion was found only after a thorough search of the floor of the carpal tunnel was performed.