Calcaneal Tendon Rupture

This is a free supplement to The Resident’s Manual of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures.

Patient was pushing a heavy pallet when he felt a pop in his ankle.

Subsequent MRI confirmed a “grade 3 strain and complete tear of the Achilles tendon with retraction by over 3.8 cm and associated/adjacent subcutaneous contusion/inflammation posteriorly”.