Presentation
An athletic boy with chronic pain in the right heel. Ultrasound of the Achilles tendon showed no pathology.
Patient Data
Age: 12 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Sever disease
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MRI shows signal loss on T1-weighted and hyperintense signal on STIR images.
Case Discussion
Sever disease is a self-limiting traction apophysitis of the growing skeleton, that may occur in physically active children before closure of the calcaneal apophysis.
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