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Foot & Ankle
intermediate
X-Type

Retrocalcaneal Bursitis - Haglund Deformity and Pump Bump

Hindfoot Disorders

A 35-year-old female runner presents with posterior heel pain that worsens with running and when wearing high-heeled shoes. She has a prominent bump on the back of her heel with tenderness on medial and lateral squeezing of the Achilles tendon insertion. Lateral radiograph shows a prominent posterosuperior calcaneal tuberosity. Regarding retrocalcaneal bursitis and Haglund deformity:

Mark each as TRUE or FALSE

A

The retrocalcaneal bursa is located between the Achilles tendon and the posterosuperior calcaneal tu...

B

Haglund deformity refers to an enlarged posterosuperior calcaneal tuberosity that causes impingement...

C

Haglund deformity affects the Achilles tendon midsubstance rather than the insertion; it is never as...

D

Radiographic assessment uses the Fowler-Philip angle (angle between posterior calcaneal surface and ...

E

The Haglund triad (also called Haglund syndrome) consists of retrocalcaneal bursitis, Achilles tendi...

Answer the questions to see explanations

Click T (True) or F (False) for each option