Traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon in a 16-year-old girl

摘要

Traumatic rupture of the quadriceps tendon is well known to occur in middle-aged men 3, 5, in patients on hemodialysis for renal failure 2, 9, 12, and in patients with diabetes 1, 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.