Calcaneal fracture

Case contributed by Mark Holland
Diagnosis certain

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Trauma

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Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
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There is a minimally displaced fracture through the posterior tubercle of the talus. The talar dome remains intact. Minor degenerative change is seen across the talo-navicular joint.
There is a minimally displaced fracture through the body of the calcaneum that causes marked reduction Bohler’s angle.

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 Bohler’s angle reduced to 2.5 degreees

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