Table 1.

Patients Clinical Characteristics and Diagnosis

Patient	Age	Sex	Hx of Trauma	Hx of Steroid	Labs for Rheumatoid	Co-Morbidities	Occupation	Side	X-ray	MRI
Patient 1	40	Male	No	No	Negative	DM type II	Teacher	Rt thumb, nondominant	Normal	Normal except ruptured EPL
Patient 2	32	Male	No	No	Negative	Testicular germ cell tumor	Teacher	Lt thumb, nondominant	Normal	Normal except ruptured EPL
Patient3	82	Male	No	No	Negative	Hypertension	Retired, retail store worker	Rt thumb, dominant	Normal	Not done
Patient 4	29	Male	No	No	Negative	Medically free	Police officer	Rt thumb, dominant	Normal	Normal except ruptured EPL
Patient 5	54	Female	No	No	Negative	Hypertension	Housewife	Rt thumb, dominant	Normal	Normal except ruptured EPL
Patient 6	43	Male	No	No	Negative	Valvular heart disease	Lab technician	Lt thumb, nondominant	Normal	Not done
Patient 7	37	Male	No	No	Negative	Free	Farmer	Rt thumb, dominant	Normal	Normal except ruptured EPL

Abbreviations: Hx, history; DM, diabetes mellitus; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; Rt, right; Lt, left.