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calf pain

Etiology: 1) popliteal cyst (Baker's cyst) 2) tears of the medial head of the gastrocnemius 3) deep vein thrombosis (DVT) 4) chronic venous insufficiency 5) muscle cramps 6) trauma 7) peripheral arterial disease (intermittent claudication) 8) lumbar spinal stenosis 9) also see leg pain Differential diagnosis: - Achilles tendon rupture* - Achilles tendonitis * described as calf pain [3] Management: - see muscle cramp

Related

deep vein thrombosis (DVT) gastrocnemius muscle tear Morrant Baker (popliteal) cyst or pseudothrombophlebitis syndrome venous stasis; venous hypertension

General

leg pain

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 16. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2012
  2. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
  3. NEJM Knowledge+ Rheumatology