Presentation
Patient with a history of awkward jumping.
Patient Data
Gender: Male
From the case:
Lover's fracture of the heel
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Axial bone window
Comminuted extra-articular calcaneal fracture is seen.
From the case:
Lover's fracture of the heel
Sagittal MIP
Bohler's angle is 17 degrees as a shown in the MIP lateral reconstruction.
From the case:
Lover's fracture of the heel
Illustration
Bohler's angle is the angle between two tangent lines drawn across the anterior and posterior borders of calcaneus in the lateral view. When Bohler's angle becomes less than 20 degrees it indicates calcaneal fracture.
Case Discussion
The findings are compatible with Lover's fracture which is an extra-articular calcaneal fracture.
It is called lover's fracture probabaly because it can occur when a lover tries to escape by jumping outside the bedroom's window! Like Romeo and Juliet.