A man with pain and weakness in his legs
Deelstra, J.J.; Bimmel, R.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 155(30-31): A1878
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162 PMID: 22085502 Document Number: 648599
A 75-year-old man came to the clinic because of pain and weakness in his legs. He had fallen a year earlier. The pain and weakness were caused by a bilateral rupture of the tendon of the M. rectus femoris.
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