Achilles Tendon Rupture with Isolated Medial Malleolar Fracture in Ipsilateral Ankle: A Case Report

Fatih Türkmensoy, Ismail Türkmen, Yalçın Turhan, Korhan Özkan, Mehmet Akif Akçal

Department of Ortho- paedics and Traumatology, Kilis State Hospital, Kilis, Turkey..
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Düzce Atatürk State Hospital, Düzce, Turkey.
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, G?ztepe Training and Research Hospital, ?stanbul Medeniyet University, ?stanbul, Turkey;.

DOI: 10.4236/ojo.2013.35042                

Abstract

Achilles tendon ruptures and malleol fractures are commonly seen injuries in orthopaedic and traumatology practice, but what is rare is their concomitant. In this report, we aimed to present a rare case of a patient who has isolated medial malleolar fracture and achilles tendon rupture in ipsilateral ankle after an ankle sprain due to a fall from stairs and mechanism of injury.

Keywords

Achilles Tendon Rupture and Malleol Fracture; Injury Mechanism

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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