Abstract

A 69-year-old man presented at the emergency room with stabbing pain and swelling of the right lower leg on standing up from a seated position. On clinical examination, rupture of the Achilles' tendon was suspected. Plain radiographs showed a complete rupture of a calcified Achilles' tendon (Panels A and B, arrows), which was confirmed by ultrasonography. The patient reported that when he was 13 years of age, his Achilles' tendon was partially cut by a falling cleaver. He traveled from a remote village to the county hospital by public bus, where his Achilles' tendon and skin were sutured at the . . .

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