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. 1990 Jun;7(2):114–117. doi: 10.1136/emj.7.2.114

Spontaneous rupture of the triceps in the presence of a patella cubiti.

A J Ritchie 1, L G Rocke 1
PMCID: PMC1285679  PMID: 2390146

Abstract

Spontaneous rupture of the triceps tendon is a rare injury, 24 cases having been previously reported in the Literature. Patella cubiti is the rare anomaly of a sesamoid bone in the triceps tendon. We report a combination of the two conditions.

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