Gouty infiltration of a flexor tendon simulating rupture

Hankin, F.M.; Mayhew, D.E.; Coapman, R.A.; Snedden, M.; Schneider, L.H.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 194: 172-175

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X
PMID: 3978911
Document Number: 254040
A 28-year-old hyperuricemic man injured his left long finger and presented with a possible rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus. Operative exploration revealed gouty infiltration of the flexor tendon within its fibrous synovial sheath. Urate crystal deposition in tendons is rare. Superimposed trauma was a possible predisposing factor.

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