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Bilateral Chronic Rupture of Achilles Tendon after Cortico-Steroid Injection - A Case Report

  • 1. Department of Radio-Diagnosis, People's College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, People's Campus Bhanpur, Bhopal- 462037(M.P.)

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Bilateral chronic rupture of Achilles tendon after cortico steroid injection is rare . Very few Cases of Achilles
tendon rupture have been described in the literature after  inra / peri tendinious corticosteroid injection . A middle aged man
presented with gradually  increasing difficulty in climbing stairs and  mild pain, swelling  in lower posterior part of both legs
for two month after  cortico steroid injection. We report  a case of  bilateral chronic rupture of Achilles tendon after cortico
steroid injection .

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