Fibrous loose body in the flexor tendon sheath.

Hutchison, J D; Chesney, R B; Harvey, J A · J Hand Surg Am · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report the first known example of an entirely fibrous loose body lying in the flexor tendon sheath of a finger. This was seen initially as a painless swelling in a fit young woman and was surgically excised with full restoration of function. The cause of the loose body is unknown, but it may have originated as a fibroma of the flexor tendon sheath or as a localized nodular tenosynovitis.

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