title: Massive bilateral tarsal ankylosis and surgical correction: a case report.
abstract: Tarsal ankylosis is described as a feature of advanced juvenile or rheumatoid arthritis. Ankylosis involving more then one tarsal segment is uncommon. Incidental reports of massive tarsal ankylosis have been described in a case of juvenile spondyloarthropathy, a case of familial tarsal ankylosis, and, more recently, it was discovered in a prehistoric skeleton dating back to the Iron Age. We describe a rare case of bilateral massive tarsal ankylosis, and the surgical intervention used to treat the condition, in a 21-year-old female with no other features of any known forms of arthritis and no family history of the condition.
authors.affiliation: Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ngwelezana Hospital, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. saqibnoor@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Saqib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noor
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rollinson
mesh_terms: D000844:Ankylosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010027:Osteotomy; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013639:Tarsal Bones; D013640:Tarsal Joints; D055815:Young Adult