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ArticleBMJ case reports2024

Acute fracture of an extensively ossified segment of the Achilles tendon.

Charles Hillman, Jitendra Mangwani, Stefan Kluzek

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charles HillmanNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK charles.hillman@nottingham.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9329-142X
Jitendra MangwaniOrthopaedic Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Stefan KluzekNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extensive tendon ossification is thought to be rare and is hypothesised to occur due to cell-mediated tissue remodelling. Literature outlining risk factors for the development of an ossified segment, and then a consequent fracture is limited to case reports and case series. A woman in her fifties with a background of several autoimmune disorders presented to a sports and exercise medicine clinic with posterior ankle pain following a bout of brisk walking a month prior. CT and MRI imaging demonstrated a fractured extensively ossified segment of the corresponding Achilles tendon. Conservative treatment was trialled for six months, however, was unsuccessful. Surgical excision of the calcified fragment and flexor hallucis longus tendon transfer were suggested as a potential solution. This case is compared with and builds on current literature surrounding pathophysiology and optimal treatment of extensively ossified segments of the Achilles tendon.

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Achilles TendonAutoimmune DiseasesFractures, BoneAnkle JointArthralgiaFemaleHumansMiddle AgedOsteogenesisAchilles tendinitisSports and exercise medicineTendon rupture

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PMID38195190
PMCPMC10806901
OpenAlexW4390699862

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