Achilles tendon rupture owing to rheumatoid disease. Case report with a nine-year follow-up

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Achilles tendon rupture owing to rheumatoid disease. Case report with a nine-year follow-up

M. R. Rask

Rheumatoid disease as a cause for achilles tendon rupture has been inferred but never reported to my knowledge. A patient with confirmed achilles tendon rupture from rheumatoid disease has been free from disease for nine years following tenoplasty and synoviobursectomy of the achilles tendon.

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