Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 188-190, March 2010

Stenosing Tenosynovitis of the Peroneus Brevis Tendon Associated with Hypertrophy of the Peroneal Tubercle

  • Hakan Boya, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Hakan Boya, MD, Dumlupınar Mahallesi, Kamil Miras Caddesi, Bahar Sitesi, Nergis Apt.-B Blok, 8/8, 03200, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
    • ,
  • Halit Pinar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Izmir, Turkey

published online 11 May 2009.

Abstract 

Stenosing peroneal tenosynovitis is not an uncommon ailment. It has a number of different causes, one of which is hypertrophy of the peroneal tubercle. In this report, we present a case of stenosing tenosynovitis of the peroneus brevis tendon associated with hypertrophy of the peroneal tubercle without involvement of the peroneus longus tendon. The condition was fully resolved by means of operative treatment.

Level of Clinical Evidence: 4

Keywords: calcaneus, fibro-osseous tunnel, pseudotumor, retinaculum, tenovaginitis

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 Financial Disclosure: None reported.

 Conflict of Interest: None reported.

PII: S1067-2516(09)00101-X

doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2009.02.013

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 188-190, March 2010

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