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Descriptor English:   Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction 
Descriptor Spanish:   Disfunción del Tendón Tibial Posterior 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Disfunção do Tendão Tibial Posterior 
Synonyms English:   Tibial Tendon Dysfunction, Posterior
Tibialis Posterior Dysfunction  
Tree Number:   C05.360.750
Definition English:   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. 
See Related English:   Flatfoot
 
History Note English:   2003 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   37273 
Unique Identifier:   D037081 

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