Rheumatoid Arthritis (and its variants) :

Arthritis and tendon rupture - - Posted by jlisee (jlisee), 22 August 2003

For those who have diagnosed arthritis (in my case polyarthritis both ankles - 8 yrs).  Has anyone's doctor made a connection between their arthritis and tendon rupture (in my case patellar tendon 1/29/03 - just walking across the room).  My tendon ruptured a second time in surgery after removal of massive scar tissue (5 1/2 wks after first surgery to re-attach).  
Posted by admin (The KNEEguru), 17 September 2003

See this link -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=89382498
Posted by admin (The KNEEguru), 17 September 2003

See this link -
http://www.dynomed.com/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/knee_and_lower_leg/Extensor_Mechanism_Rupture.html

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