Diagnosaurus
Calf pain
DDx
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- Deep vein thrombosis
- Claudication
DDX
- Muscular strain
- Baker’s (popliteal) cyst
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Claudication (arterial insufficiency)
- Superficial thrombophlebitis
- Varicose veins
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Myositis, eg, polymyositis, dermatomyositis
- Vasculitis, eg, polyarteritis nodosa, thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease)
- Spinal stenosis (pseudoclaudication; usually back and thigh pain)
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Last updated: February 24, 2015
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Zeiger, Roni F.. "Calf Pain." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114075/all/Calf_pain.
Zeiger RFR. Calf pain. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114075/all/Calf_pain. Accessed December 5, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Calf pain. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114075/all/Calf_pain
Zeiger RFR. Calf Pain [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 December 05]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114075/all/Calf_pain.
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