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Case Reports
. 2022 Jun 10;2022(6):rjac279.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac279. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Peroneus longus intra-tendinous ganglion cyst

Yousef Tawfik Khoja  1 , Abdulaziz Fahad Altammami  1 , Mohammed Hashem Alattas  2
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Case Reports

Peroneus longus intra-tendinous ganglion cyst

Yousef Tawfik Khoja et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Ganglion cysts arising from tendons are uncommon lesions with an unknown cause. We present a case report of a 38-year-old female was diagnosed with an intra-tendinous ganglion cyst of the peroneus longus. She complained of right ankle swelling for 1 year and associated with pain. MRI revealed a peroneus longus intra-tendinous ganglion below the lateral malleolus with a thin wall. The ganglion cyst was surgically excised while the structure of the peroneus longus tendon was preserved. The clinical and functional outcomes were satisfactory after 1 year without recurrence.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Magnetic resonance image of the right ankle (a: T2-weighted axial view b: T2-weighted coronal view c: fat-saturated T2 weighted sagittal view) showing a thin-walled well-circumscribed lesion within the peroneus longus tendon.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Intra-tendinous ganglion cyst of the peroneus longus. (b) Ganglion cyst dissected free from surrounding tissues showing preserved peroneus longus tendon.
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