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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun 11;13(6):e236368.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236368.

Isolated pyogenic tenosynovitis of tibialis anterior

Michael S Greenhalgh  1 , Karthikeyan P Iyengar  2 , Chetan Sangani  2 , Eugene M Toh  2
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Case Reports

Isolated pyogenic tenosynovitis of tibialis anterior

Michael S Greenhalgh et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: bone and joint infections; infections; orthopaedic and trauma surgery; orthopaedics; tendonopathies.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Clinical presentation with a diffuse medial swelling in the anterior compartment of the right leg.
Figure 2
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Intraoperative picture demonstrating thickening of tibialis anterior tendon, inflamed tenosynovium and pus within the tendon sheath.
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