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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-3885/1710066
Mueller Weiss Syndrome: A Missed Cause of Mid Foot Pain
Saad Madi, MD and Harald Kuhn, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 22, 2022
Mueller-Weiss syndrome, or spontaneous osteonecrosis of the tarsal navicular bone in adults, is an idiopathic foot condition that causes chronic mid- and hind-foot pain with progressive deformity of the midfoot in adults. In this report, we describe the radiographic and magnetic resonance imaging of a rare case of Mueller-Weiss syndrome associated with spontaneous osteonecrosis of tarsal navicular bone resembling a cystic lesion in a 62-year-old female. The Mueller-Weiss Syndrome (MWS), which wa...
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-3885/1710065
Shilpa Sharma DPM, Josh B Moosikasuwan MD and Jalukumar Patel, DPM, FACFAS
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 25, 2022
Isolated acute anterior tibial (AT) tendon rupture is rare and can be missed, resulting in significant functional deformity of the affected limb. Early surgical treatment can improve functional patient outcomes, familiarity with patient presentation, including a history of ankle pain and swelling after hyper-plantar flexion and signs of a palpable dell and weak dorsiflexory strength at the ankle, and prompt confirmation with MRI are crucial. Here we report a patient who had an isolated acute AT ...
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