Tarsal-tunnel syndrome, a presenting feature of rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

The tarsal-tunnel syndrome, produced by compression of the posterior tibial nerve beneath the flexor retinaculum below the medial malleolus of the ankle, has been described by Kopell and Thompson (1960), Keck (1962), Lam (1962), Kojima (1963), McGill (1964), Babbage (1965), and Paterson (1966). We can find no previous reference to this condition occurring in association with rheumatoid arthritis or of being the presenting feature of the disease, as a carpal-tunnel syndrome may sometimes be. © 1970, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.