2013
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009758
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Sever's disease: a common cause of paediatric heel pain

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“…Sever's disease is thought to occur due to repe ve microtrauma caused by trac on on the adhesion site of the Achilles tendon to the calcaneal tuberosity 4,7 . This is the most frequent cause of the heel pain in children and the diagnosis is usually made with clinical history and physical examina on 1,2,3,4,5 .…”
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“…Sever's disease is thought to occur due to repe ve microtrauma caused by trac on on the adhesion site of the Achilles tendon to the calcaneal tuberosity 4,7 . This is the most frequent cause of the heel pain in children and the diagnosis is usually made with clinical history and physical examina on 1,2,3,4,5 .…”
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“…During the clinical evalua on, foot radiographs are generally obtained for excluding other pathologies 6 . Although fragmenta on and increased density of the calcaneal apophysis observed in radiographs are defi ned as radiographic fi ndings of Sever's disease, these fi ndings are not pathognomonic for the diagnosis and can be also seen in healthy children 1,2,4,5 . MRI is another useful imaging modality which can be implemented in exclusion of other causes of heel pain par cularly in doub ul cases 5,6,7 .…”
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