Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
"Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition characterized by a broad range of progressive disorders ranging from TENOSYNOVITIS to tendon rupture with or without hindfoot collapse to a fixed, rigid, FLATFOOT deformity. Pathologic changes can involve associated tendons, ligaments, joint structures of the ANKLE, hindfoot, and midfoot. Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is the most common cause of acquired flatfoot deformity in adults.
| Descriptor ID |
D037081
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.360.750
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