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P V Spiegl

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PubMed1994

Mycobacterium phlei infection of the foot: a case report.

A case of Mycobacterium phlei infection in the flexor digitorum longus and posterior tibialis tendon of an otherwise healthy adult male is reported. To our knowledge, this is the second reported case in the English literature of human infection by M. phlei. Diagnosis and treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial infection are discussed. The clinician is encouraged to include this infection in the differential diagnosis of pain and swelling in the extremity.

Biopsy↗
PubMed1987

Longitudinal epiphyseal growth after replantation and transplantation in children.

Previous investigators have shown that epiphyses are unlikely to grow after free grafting although there have been rare reports of good and even normal growth. However, growth has usually continued whenever the epiphyseal vascular supply has been maintained by microanastomosis. Of 25 growing epiphyses in our series that were transferred, 17 by replantation and eight by free tissue transfer supported by microvascular anastomosis, over an interval varying from 27 to 81 months, average length attained was 89% of normal in elective transfer, 93% of normal in replanted digits, and 92% overall. Maximum growth attained in any digit in our series was 102% of the length of the normal contralateral digit; the minimum attained was 70%.

Amputation, Traumatic↗
PubMed1986

Neurilemoma of the lower extremity.

A series of 76 patients with 85 neurilemomas of the lower extremity was reviewed. The tumors were located throughout the lower extremity and had varied clinical presentations, which often posed problems in diagnosis. Pain, however, was a consistent symptom, and 63 (83%) of the patients presented with local or radiating (or both) pain. Electromyography was done in seven cases, but the results were abnormal in only two. When evaluating a painful mass or an atypical pain in the lower extremity, the clinician should have a high index of suspicion for neurilemoma.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

Extensor hallucis longus transfer for hallux varus deformity.

The hallux varus deformity results from a dynamic imbalance of the tendons that cross the first metatarsophalangeal joint. This condition most frequently occurs after McBride-type operative treatment for hallux valgus. A new procedure, developed to correct this imbalance, involves transferring the extensor hallucis longus beneath the first intermetatarsal ligament into the base of the proximal phalanx, along with an arthrodesis of the first interphalangeal joint. This procedure in fifteen affected great toes gave over-all satisfactory correction of the hallux varus deformity.

Adult↗