Spontaneous rupture of the Achilles tendon in a patient with gout.
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- 1 August 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- Vol. 40 (4) , 416-418
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.40.4.416
Abstract
A 49-year-old man with long-standing gout suffered a spontaneous rupture of the Achilles tendon. Surgical repair was performed, and gouty tophi were found in the severed end of the tendon. The possible causes of this spontaneous rupture are discussed.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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