PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bindiya Chauhan
AU  - Pina Panchal
AU  - Edward Szabo
AU  - Thad Wilkins
TI  - Split Peroneus Brevis Tendon: An Unusual Cause of Ankle Pain and Instability
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2014.02.130009
DP  - 2014 Mar 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 297--302
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/2/297.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/27/2/297.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2014 Mar 01; 27
AB  - Tears of the peroneus brevis tendon may cause ankle pain, swelling, and instability. Supportive therapy with ankle bracing and analgesics is the mainstay of therapy, but surgical repair is often required in patients with ongoing symptoms. Surgical options include debridement, tubularization, or, in severe cases, resection of the damaged tendon and tenodesis. We describe a 64-year-old woman with a split peroneus brevis tendon presenting with lateral ankle pain, swelling, and instability, and we review the literature regarding presentation, diagnostic testing, pathophysiology, predisposing factors, and treatment recommendations. Primary care physicians should consider peroneal tendon injuries in patients with chronic lateral ankle pain and instability.