Citation

Kelly EG, Collins AM, Imran FH, Cronin KJ. J. Plast. Reconstr. Aesthet. Surg. 2013; 66(12): 1795-1797.

Affiliation

Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, The Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: endagkelly@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.bjps.2013.04.053

PMID

23672775

Abstract

Sporting-related finger injuries are common in the setting of contact sports. Traumatic rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon (FDP) from its insertion point has been described as 'jersey' or 'rugger' finger. We report a case of jersey finger associated with a zone III intra-tendinous rupture in a 13 year-old boy who presented seven weeks post injury. In the literature to date, only one previous case has described a sporting-related simultaneous 'double' FDP rupture.

Language: en