Fig. 16. Complete tear of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon of the third finger.
A-C. The T2-weighted fat-suppressed sagittal (A) and axial (B) images in a 21-year-old-female with right third finger injury cut by a piece of glass show detachment and retraction of the third finger flexor digitorum profundus tendon at the middle phalanx distal portion with a gap between the tendon ends (arrows); on surgery, the findings are correlated with a gross photograph (C).