Achilles tendon nodule: inflammation, rupture, or tumor?
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.3810/psm.1998.05.1009.
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Abstract
When an active patient has a mass on the Achilles tendon, fibroma of the tendon sheath should be in the differential diagnosis along with other tumors and benign conditions like inflammation or rupture. A case report demonstrates how the clinical characteristics of fibromas resemble other common tendon tumors, such as giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath. A histologic exam is needed to distinguish a fibroma of the tendon sheath from other tumors. Plain films should be considered to rule out bony involvement. Surgical excision is required. Patients should know that fibromas recur in 25% of those who have them removed.