Rupture of quadriceps tendon in a patient with postanoxic choreoathetosis.
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.
Vander
Tatiana
T
Department of Spinal Rehabilitation, Loewenstein Hospital, Raanana, Israel. vandertatiana@hotmail.com
Kish
Beniamin
B
Strauss
Simon
S
Ronen
Jacob
J
Bluvstein
Vadim
V
Catz
Amiram
A
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*