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Degenerative lesions of the accessory plantar ligaments

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Degeneration and disintegration of the accessory plantar ligaments occur in the absence of local inflammatory disease. The gross and histological changes are described. These lesions are associated with metatarsalgia, deformities of the metatarsophalangeal joints and the development of the convex anterior metatarsal arch. The connection between these three is explained.

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La dégénérescence et la destruction du ligament accessoire plantaire peuvent survenir en l'absence de toute affection inflammatoire locale. Les auteurs décrivent les modifications histologiques. Ces lésions sont associées à une métatarsalgie, à des déformations articulaires métatarso-phalangiennes et à un pied rond antérieur. Une explication de l'association de ces trois éléments est proposée.

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Fitton, J.M., Swinburne, L. Degenerative lesions of the accessory plantar ligaments. International Orthopaedics 4, 295–298 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266072

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