Spontaneous rupture of extensor pollicis longus tendon with tophaceous gout infiltration

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-284

  Hung, Jui Yuan ^a   Wang, Shyu Jye ^a   Wu, Shing Sheng ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extensor pollicis longus tendon rupture; Gout

Indexed keywords

URATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GOUT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON TRANSFER; THUMB;

AGED; CRYSTALLIZATION; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; URIC ACID; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 20944431906     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0670-9     Document Type: Article

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