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Two patients with bilateral xanthoma of the Achilles tendon were treated by wide resection of the tumour. Reconstruction was carried out by a distally based flap fashioned from the remaining proximal tendon and gastrocnemius aponeurosis.
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Présentation de deux malades atteints d'un xanthome bilatéral du tendon d'Achille qui ont été traités par résection large et reconstruction par lambeau inversé réalisé à l'aide de la partie proximale du tendon et de l'aponévrose des jumeaux.
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Saraf, S.K., Sharma, S.V. Reconstruction for xanthoma of the Achilles tendon. International Orthopaedics 16, 37–38 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182982
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182982