Traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon in a 16-year-old girl
β Scribed by P. Adolphson
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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β¦ Synopsis
Traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon is well known to occur in middle-aged men in patients on hemodialysis for renal failure and in patients with diabetes, but only very rarely in young and healthy women. We report a case of traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon of a girl without any of the predisposing factors listed.
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