1. Wrist tendon ruptures occur following disease processes and trauma, single or multiple.
2. A case of late rupture of the extensor pollicis longus tendon following Colles' fracture is reported, making twenty-eight in the literature.
3. A case of late rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon following Colles' fracture is reported. No other reported cases were found.
4. Almost complete restoration of function followed suture of the tendon in each case.