Achilles tendonitis

Are inflammatory bowel disease patients aware of Achilles tendonitis?

We read with great interest the article by Huang and colleagues who found that most inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients were aware of arthritis.1 The most common extra intestinal manifestation involves the musculoskeletal system in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Axial, peripheral arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) occur in approximately one third of patients with IBD.2 The auth...

Acetic acid iontophoresis for the treatment of insertional Achilles tendonitis.

To cite: Kilfoil RL, Shtofmakher G, Taylor G, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014206232 DESCRIPTION Posterior heel pain is a constellation of pathologies that may include retrocalcaneal bursitis, insertional tendonitis, paratenonitis and tendonosis among others. The diagnosis of insertional Achilles tendonitis can be established clinically ...

Patellar Tendonitis

A 51-year-old female with a history of gout, hypertension and diabetes presented to the emergency department with one week of increasing pain and swelling of her left knee, just below the patella. She denied trauma, fever and calf pain. She took Ciprofloxacin for 14 days for a urinary tract infection. She was afebrile with stable vital signs, and the exam revealed mild swelling, increased warmt...

Acute calcific retropharyngeal tendonitis.

©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors CMAJ 1 A 40-year-old man presented to our hospital with low-grade fever and acute pain in the neck, which had both begun a day before his visit and persisted through the night. He also reported difficulty opening his mouth and pain when bending his head back or swallowing. On examination, axillary temperature was 37.5oC, but other vital signs were norm...

Posterior Tibialis Tendonitis in Dancers