Isolated partial rupture of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle (tennis leg)

Calf pain increases with the ankle dorsiflexion and knee extension. 1 2 MRI and US have been used as the primary imaging techniques for evaluation of patients with this clinical diagnosis. 1 Doppler US helps to rule out differential symptoms, such as deep vein thrombosis. 1 3 The treatment of this c...

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Published in:BMJ case reports 2013-04, Vol.2013, p.bcr2013009347
Main Authors: Ozyurek, Selahattin, Erol, Bekir, Guler, Ferhat, Atbasi, Zafer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Asia
Athletic Injuries - diagnosis
Athletic Injuries - therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging
Humans
Images In
Male
Muscle, Skeletal - injuries
Pain
Rupture
Thrombosis
White
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Summary:Calf pain increases with the ankle dorsiflexion and knee extension. 1 2 MRI and US have been used as the primary imaging techniques for evaluation of patients with this clinical diagnosis. 1 Doppler US helps to rule out differential symptoms, such as deep vein thrombosis. 1 3 The treatment of this condition is usually conservative with elevation of the lower extremity, application of ice and use of supportive elastic dressings. 3 Learning points Rupture of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle, known as tennis leg (TL), is seen regularly in practice and is an important traumatic injury of the calf that may be mixed with the deep vein thrombosis.
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2013-009347