Pisotriquetral instability causing an unusual flexor tendon rupture

Eveline M L Corten; Duco G van den Broecke; Moshe Kon; Arnold H Schuurman

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2003.11.010

Pisotriquetral instability causing an unusual flexor tendon rupture

J Hand Surg Am. 2004 Mar;29(2):236-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2003.11.010.

Authors

Eveline M L Corten¹, Duco G van den Broecke, Moshe Kon, Arnold H Schuurman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, University Medical Center, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 15043895
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2003.11.010

Abstract

We present a case of a closed rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon of the small finger. It is our hypothesis that because of pisotriquetral instability as a result of a lesion of the pisotriquetral ligaments the flexor digitorum profundus tendon was entrapped repeatedly between the pisiform and triquetrum. This resulted in an attritional lesion of the tendon. The pisotriquetral joint showed no bone abnormalities.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Joint Instability / complications*
Middle Aged
Rupture
Tendon Injuries / etiology*
Wrist Injuries / etiology*