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Haglund's Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment Using Sonography

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Haglund's syndrome is a cause of retrocalcaneal pain. The clinical diagnosis of Haglund's syndrome is often confusing as the clinical picture may mimic other causes of hindfoot pain such as isolated retrocalcaneal bursitis or hindfoot involvement from more systemic arthropathies such as Reiter's syndrome or rheumatoid arthritis. With the increasing frequency of employing sonography as a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of foot and ankle pathology, recognition of the sonographic appearance of Haglund's complex is important. We report a case of Haglund's syndrome diagnosed and treated with sonography.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Carolyn M. Sofka MD, Ronald S. Adler PhD, MD, Helene Pavlov MD, FACR & Jonathan S. Luchs MD

  2. Department of Podiatric Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Rock Positano DPM, MSc, MPH

  3. Department of Radiology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA

    Jonathan S. Luchs MD

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Correspondence to Carolyn M. Sofka MD.

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Sofka, C.M., Adler, R.S., Positano, R. et al. Haglund's Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment Using Sonography. HSS Jrnl 2, 27–29 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-005-0129-8

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