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. 1980 Dec;39(6):592–595. doi: 10.1136/ard.39.6.592

Insidious bilateral infrapatellar tendon rupture in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

L M Cooney Jr, J M Aversa, J H Newman
PMCID: PMC1000628  PMID: 7458438

Abstract

A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus developed insidious bilateral infrapatellar tendon rupture initially diagnosed as steroid myopathy. Simultaneous loss of extension at the knee due to quadriceps or infrapatellar tendon ruptures is reviewed.

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