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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:   Dysfunction, Tibialis Posterior
Posterior Tibial Tendon Insufficiency
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 
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BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
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
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   37273 
Unique Identifier:   D037081 

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