title: Longstanding isolated bilateral Achilles tendinitis.
abstract: The case of a patient with a 15-year history of isolated HLA-B27-associated bilateral Achilles tendinitis without other features of seronegative spondyloarthropathies is reported. This case suggests that Achilles tendinitis may be, for a long time, the only clinical manifestation of an HLA-B27-associated disease process. The theory of a separate B27-associated disease entity cannot be excluded yet.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Osteology, Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haberhauer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wandner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dax
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen