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Achilles Tendon Rupture Owing to Rheumatoid DiseaseCase Report With a Nine-Year Follow-up
Michael R. Rask, MD
JAMA. 1978;239(5):435-436.
Abstract
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.
(JAMA 239:435-436, 1978)
Author Affiliations
From Sahara Rancho Medical Center, Las Vegas.
Footnotes
Reprint requests to Sahara Rancho Medical Center, 2320 Rancho Rd, Suite 108, Las Vegas, NV (Dr Rask).
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