Treatment of Achilles tendon calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis with external ilizarov fixator

Efraim Bilavsky; Zvi Horesh; Jacob Amir; Elhanan Bar-On; Liora Harel

Treatment of Achilles tendon calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis with external ilizarov fixator

Efraim Bilavsky, Zvi Horesh, Jacob Amir, Elhanan Bar-On, Liora Harel^*

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Abstract

Calcinosis is a devastating complication of juvenile dermatomyositis and a challenging therapeutic problem. We report the use of an external Ilizarov fixator for the treatment of Achilles tendon calcinosis causing severe disability in a young girl with juvenile dermatomyositis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	763-765
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Volume	25
Issue number	5
State	Published - Sep 2007

Keywords

Calcinosis
External fixator
Ilizarov
Juvenile dermatomyositis

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Treatment of Achilles tendon calcinosis in juvenile dermatomyositis with external ilizarov fixator

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