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Spontaneous rupture of the peroneus longus tendon in a patient with diabetic sensory neuropathy

✍ Scribed by K Chikkaveerappa; B Eyes; R Jones; GV Gill

Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 641 KB
Volume: 28
Category: Article
ISSN: 2047-2897
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1633

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Abstract

We present a case of spontaneous painless rupture of the peroneus longus tendon in a patient with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes and a distal sensory neuropathy. Tendon rupture in the diabetic neuropathic foot has been previously described, but not of the peroneus longus tendon.

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