Traumatic Achilles tendon tear

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Acute severe posterior ankle pain.

Patient Data

Age: 30 years
Gender: Male

There is an almost complete tear of the Achilles tendon, with associated soft tissue edema.

Well defined ovoid lesion with uniform high signal intensity on T1-weighted image, in the neck of calcaneum likely representing intraosseous lipoma.

Os calcaneus secundarius with secondary degenerative changes also are noted.

Case Discussion

A case of traumatic Achilles tendon tear.

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