Mallet Finger
Rupture / avulsion of the distal extensor mechanism of the finger, resulting in an inability to extend the distal phalanx at the DIP joint.
Biography Born 9 September 1844 1884 – Head of the newly opened Institute of Dental Medicine at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Berlin. Died 8 July 1916 Medical Eponyms Busch-Hoffa fracture [Hoffa fracture] (1869) Unicondylar coronal fracture of the lateral femoral condyle. Rare…