title: Stenosing tenosynovitis of the peroneus brevis tendon associated with hypertrophy of the peroneal tubercle.
abstract: Stenosing peroneal tenosynovitis is not an uncommon ailment. It has a number of different causes, one of which is hypertrophy of the peroneal tubercle. In this report, we present a case of stenosing tenosynovitis of the peroneus brevis tendon associated with hypertrophy of the peroneal tubercle without involvement of the peroneus longus tendon. The condition was fully resolved by means of operative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. hakanboya@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boya
authors.forename: Halit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pinar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010027:Osteotomy; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D053682:Tendon Entrapment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed