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Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger

Case Reports in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery (2018) 5(1) 59-61
DOI: 10.1080/23320885.2018.1522960
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We present a case of spontaneous closed flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) tendon rupture of the fifth finger occurring in the carpal tunnel region (Zone IV) of the hand. A review of literature illustrates that spontaneous rupture of FDP in Zone IV is extremely rare and we wish to highlight this.

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Whitehouse, H., Chan, J. C. Y., & James, M. (2018). Spontaneous closed zone IV rupture of flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the fifth finger. Case Reports in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, 5(1), 59–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2018.1522960

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