Rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon associated with an ununited fracture of the scaphoid.

J Hand Surg Am

University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus County Hospital, Denmark.

Published: March 1988

A 66-year-old man was admitted to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aarhus County Hospital a few hours after spontaneous rupture of the left flexor pollicis longus tendon. At operation the tendon was found to be ruptured at the radiocarpal level, where an opening to the radiocarpal joint was found. Radiographs showed a long-standing ununited fracture of the scaphoid.

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