An unusual etiology for adult-acquired flatfoot.

J Foot Ankle Surg

Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, UK.

Published: December 2010

Rupture of the tibialis posterior tendon is widely believed to result from trauma in the presence of preexisting degenerative changes. We report a case of adult-acquired flatfoot in an otherwise healthy 19-year-old man who sustained a fracture of the medial malleolus.

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