Haglund's Syndrome
Haglund syndrome is a common cause of posterior heel pain, characterized clinically by a painful soft-tissue swelling at the level of the Achilles tendon insertion. On the lateral heel radiograph the syndrome is characterized by a prominent calcaneal bursal projection, retrocalcaneal bursitis, thickening of the Achilles tendon, and a convexity of the superficial soft tissues at the level of the Achilles tendon insertion, a “pump-bump.
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Haglund's Syndrome
Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
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Friday, June 19, 2009
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Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
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Friday, June 19, 2009
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Sumer Sethi
Unique blend of academic excellence and entrepreneurship, heading leading firms in India- Teleradiology Providers, pioneering company providing teleradiology services and DAMS (Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences) Premier test preparation institute in India for MD/MS/MCI preparation. He has also been an invited faculty member at various conferences, including Teleradiology in IRIA 2008 and 2011, Hospital Build Middle East, Congress of the Brain Tumor Radiology in Neuro-oncology Society. Dr. Sethi is Editor-in-Chief of Internet Journal of Radiology. He has a keen interest in Web 2.0 technologies and in maintaining his famous radiology blog, which has been featured in multiple international journals.
3 comments:
I had a shoulder MRI yesterday...would you like to see some still shots?
thats cool.thank you sir for sharing with us
Hi, I am active sportsman and I am quite sure I have this Haglund´s syndrome in my heel. Is there any other treatment than the surgery?
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