@article{article_1738382, title={Bilateral Tendon Kolesterolü}, journal={Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası}, volume={23}, pages={823–829}, year={1970}, author={Arıncı, Kaplan}, keywords={Achilles tendon, Heel anatomy, Triceps surae}, abstract={Bilateral Cholesterosis of the Calcaneus Tendons (Aphilles) Tumour like enlargement of the calcaneus tendons of a giri aged 20 have been described. The girit has had difficulty in walking for about tWo years. Böth masses are composed of cholesterol clefts surrounded by foreign body celis and histiocytes within the tendon. Vasculitis and infiammatory infiltrate are not encountered. Differantial diagnosis of the lesion is made. The authors prefer to cali this type of lesions as cholesterosis instead of xanthoma.}, number={3}, publisher={Ankara University}