title: A posterior tibial tendon skipping rope.
abstract: This report presents an athletic patient with swelling and progressive pain on the posteromedial side of his right ankle on weight bearing. MRI demonstrated tenosynovitis and suspicion of a length rupture. On posterior tibial tendoscopy, there was no rupture, but medial from the tendon a tissue cord came into view, causing impingement on the tendon at the level of maximum pain. The cord was released and 2 weeks and 1 year after the procedure the patient reported no complaints.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, PO Box 22700, 1100 Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.n.vansterkenburg@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: van Sterkenburg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haverkamp
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: van Dijk
authors.forename: G M M J
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kerkhoffs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001182:Arthroscopy; D017276:Friction / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013710:Tendons / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery