title: Rupture of quadriceps tendon in a patient with postanoxic choreoathetosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of quadriceps tendon rupture in a patient with postanoxic choreoathetotic movements.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 20-year-old man was admitted to a rehabilitation hospital after anoxic brain injury. As a result of the injury, he developed continuous flowing choreoathetotic movements. He contracted fever and swollen and painful right knee, and only when periarticular edema decreased did a suprapatellar gap appear and quadriceps tendon rupture was diagnosed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Considering the possibility of tendon rupture when evaluating a patient with non-volitional movements and 'arthritic' presentation in a rehabilitation setting, may prevent delay of quadriceps surgical repair.
authors: Department of Spinal Rehabilitation, Loewenstein Hospital, Raanana, Israel. vandertatiana@hotmail.com
authors: Tatiana
authors: T
authors: Vander
authors: Beniamin
authors: B
authors: Kish
authors: Simon
authors: S
authors: Strauss
authors: Jacob
authors: J
authors: Ronen
authors: Vadim
authors: V
authors: Bluvstein
authors: Amiram
authors: A
authors: Catz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001264:Athetosis / Q000150:complications*; D002819:Chorea / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*