TY - JOUR
T1 - Tarsal tunnel syndrome and flexor hallucis longus tendon hypertrophy
AU - Rodriguez, D.
AU - Devos Bevernage, B.
AU - Maldague, P.
AU - Deleu, P. A.
AU - Leemrijse, T.
PY - 2010/11
Y1 - 2010/11
N2 - Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) defines an entrapment neuropathy of the posterior tibial nerve or one of its branches, within the tarsal tunnel. Numerous etiologies have been described explaining this entrapment, including trauma, space-occupying lesions, foot deformities, etc. We present an unreported cause of a space-occupying lesion in the etiology of TTS, namely the combination of a hypertrophic long distally extended muscle belly of the flexor hallucis longus and repetitive ankle motion. Surgical debulking of the muscle belly in the posterior ankle compartment resolved all symptoms.
AB - Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) defines an entrapment neuropathy of the posterior tibial nerve or one of its branches, within the tarsal tunnel. Numerous etiologies have been described explaining this entrapment, including trauma, space-occupying lesions, foot deformities, etc. We present an unreported cause of a space-occupying lesion in the etiology of TTS, namely the combination of a hypertrophic long distally extended muscle belly of the flexor hallucis longus and repetitive ankle motion. Surgical debulking of the muscle belly in the posterior ankle compartment resolved all symptoms.
KW - Flexor hallucis longus
KW - Tarsal tunnel syndrome
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77958493063&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.otsr.2010.03.026
DO - 10.1016/j.otsr.2010.03.026
M3 - Article
C2 - 20851075
AN - SCOPUS:77958493063
SN - 1877-0568
VL - 96
SP - 829
EP - 831
JO - Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research
JF - Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research
IS - 7
ER -