A 20 year old basketball player reports hearing a "pop" at the back of his heel after landing. There was an intense pain; the patient says he thought someone had hit him with a bat. With the patient prone and foot hanging off the table, squeezing the gastrocnemius does not cause plantarflexion (it does on the unaffected side).
Challenge: This classic history with this special test point to the diagnosis what?
Monday, May 5, 2008
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Achilles tendon rupture
(although I admit that I had an unfair advantage... like insider trading :P)
achilles tendon rupture, i should know!
torn achilles?
haha good job! guess this one was a bit easier.
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Iliad
This is a Achilles tendon rupture; the test is the Thompson test.
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