Lateral Malleolar Fracture with Concurrent Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Case Report and Literature Review

Achilles tendon and malleolar fractures are commonly seen in isolation, but only a few cases of combined injuries have been reported. In this case, we present a 53-year-old male who sustained an isolated lateral malleolus fracture with an Achilles tendon rupture. Emergency Medicine physicians should...

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Autores principales: Pyle, Leslie H., Al-Gharib, Raed W., Kissel, Erik C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7036116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6479140
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description Achilles tendon and malleolar fractures are commonly seen in isolation, but only a few cases of combined injuries have been reported. In this case, we present a 53-year-old male who sustained an isolated lateral malleolus fracture with an Achilles tendon rupture. Emergency Medicine physicians should consider the possibility of these injuries in combination.
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spelling pubmed-70361162020-02-24 Lateral Malleolar Fracture with Concurrent Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Case Report and Literature Review Pyle, Leslie H. Al-Gharib, Raed W. Kissel, Erik C. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report Achilles tendon and malleolar fractures are commonly seen in isolation, but only a few cases of combined injuries have been reported. In this case, we present a 53-year-old male who sustained an isolated lateral malleolus fracture with an Achilles tendon rupture. Emergency Medicine physicians should consider the possibility of these injuries in combination. Hindawi 2020-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7036116/ /pubmed/32095294 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6479140 Text en Copyright © 2020 Leslie H. Pyle et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lateral Malleolar Fracture with Concurrent Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Lateral Malleolar Fracture with Concurrent Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Lateral Malleolar Fracture with Concurrent Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Lateral Malleolar Fracture with Concurrent Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Lateral Malleolar Fracture with Concurrent Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Lateral Malleolar Fracture with Concurrent Achilles Tendon Rupture: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort lateral malleolar fracture with concurrent achilles tendon rupture: a case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7036116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095294
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