A Rare Case of Bilateral Achilles Tendon Xanthomas in a Teenager, Successfully Treated with Tendon Sparing Technique

BACKGROUND: Xanthoma of the Achilles tendon, even though being benign, is a surgically challenging orthopaedic condition. Causality is believed to be due to a pathological error in the metabolism of low-density lipoprotein and their resultant accumulation, as foam cells within the tendon. Tendon xan...

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Autores principales: Appuhamy, G. A. P. K., Munasinghe, B. M., Soysa, L. M., Nelson, D., Ranmini, P. G. P., Pavithra, W. T., Sajini, W. M., Anthony, C. D. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8360742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34395005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/1932763

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