[Partial Achilles tendon ruptures exist].

In this case report a typical case with partial Achilles tendon rupture is described. Because of unspecific symptoms, near normal MRI and no clinical signs of total rupture the diagnosis was delayed for almost four months. Open surgery showed a partial Achilles tendon rupture without significant signs of tendinopathy.

[Pigmented villonodular synovitis causing ankle pain].

A rare case of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis is described. Because of unspecific symptoms as oedema and pain and uncertain relation with trauma the diagnosis was delayed for almost two years, until a MRI showed diffuse hypodense infiltrative lesions involving soft tissue structures around the ankle. Treatment was a radical open synovectomy of the ankle and subtalar joints and tenosynovectomy of the tendons around the ankle.

Bone scintigraphy in painful os peroneum syndrome.

Lateral foot pain may be caused by various entities including the painful os peroneum syndrome. A case of a 68-year-old man is presented, who experienced a trauma with distortion of the right foot. Nine months later, he still had pain in the lateral part of the right foot.

[Foot- and ankle trauma in a diabetic patient].

If confronted with a neuropathic patient with an acute foot-ankle trauma, including fracture, this patient is by definition Eichenholtz stage 0. This is of major importance for the treatment. Whereas the surgical handling of fractures does not differ from ordinary fracture treatment, the subsequent treatment of sprains and fractures with immobilisation and a non-weight bearing period is significantly prolonged, frequently doubled, in diabetic patients.

Outcome of cemented Neer II hemiarthroplasty in displaced humeral head fractures.

The functional and radiological outcome of cemented Neer II hemiarthroplasty performed within six weeks after a fracture-dislocation or a three/four-part humeral head fracture was evaluated in 48 patients with an average age of 73 years (range: 45 to 89), with an average follow-up period of 44 months (range: 6 to 106). Thirty-two (67%) patients were satisfied or very satisfied. Twenty-nine (61%) patients had no or mild pain, 17 (35%) had moderate pain and two (4%) had severe pain.