Flexor pollicis longus rupture with scaphoid nonunion. A case report and literature study.


Published online: Dec 27 1991

B Zachee, L De Smet, and G Fabry.

Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Pellenberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Abstract

A case of flexor pollicis longus rupture which resulted from a pseudarthrosis of the scaphoid in a non-rheumatoid patient is described. Treatment consisted of an interphalangeal joint arthrodesis.

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