CONCOMITANT IPSILATERAL ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE AND MEDIAL MALLEOLUS FRACTURE

Authors

  • Nenad Bogdanovski University Clinic for Traumatology, Orthopaedic Diseases, Anaesthesia, Reanimation, Intensive Care and Emergency Centre - Department of Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
  • Antonio Andonovski University Clinic for Traumatology, Orthopaedic Diseases, Anaesthesia, Reanimation, Intensive Care and Emergency Centre - Department of Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
  • Dimitar Petrevski University Clinic for Traumatology, Orthopaedic Diseases, Anaesthesia, Reanimation, Intensive Care and Emergency Centre - Department of Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
  • Davor Cvetanoski University Clinic for Traumatology, Orthopaedic Diseases, Anaesthesia, Reanimation, Intensive Care and Emergency Centre - Department of Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
  • Andrijan Arapinovski University Clinic for Traumatology, Orthopaedic Diseases, Anaesthesia, Reanimation, Intensive Care and Emergency Centre - Department of Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
  • Ivana Zafirova Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
  • Simon Trpeski University Clinic for Traumatology, Orthopaedic Diseases, Anaesthesia, Reanimation, Intensive Care and Emergency Centre - Department of Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

Keywords:

AT rupture, Achilles tendon rupture, ankle fracture, medial malleolus fracture, simultaneous

Abstract

Concomitant ipsilateral ankle fracture with Achilles tendon (AT) rupture is a rare injury pattern with no consensus on optimum management. The present report discusses this rare combination.  A 34-year-old man twisted his ankle with foot fixated on the ground following an unexpected sliding 100 m down while he was hiking and sustained a closed fracture of the medial malleolus, with an ipsilateral complete Achilles tendon (TA) rupture. Fortunately, both lesions were diagnosed from the start although such combination of injuries is commonly delayed or misdiagnosed.

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Published

2024-12-11

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2024): Acad Med J

Section

Case Reports