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Haglund deformity of the posterior heel

By JOM Staff

07.15.23

A 75-year-old woman presented to the emergency department in January 2023 with pain and swelling of the lateral left ankle after an inversion injury 1 week earlier. She underwent X-rays of the left foot, and she was diagnosed with a small, nondisplaced avulsion fracture of the lateral calcaneus as well as a large Haglund deformity of the calcaneus.