DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i02.015

Pages: 155-158

Haglund’s disease is a mechanical cause of posterior heel pain leading to functional and sporting disability. It is due to a conflict between the achilles tendon and the postero-superior hypertrophied tuberosity of the calcaneus. Physical examination and Standard imaging and ultrasound are usually sufficient to establish the diagnosis. The treatment is primarily medical, surgey is indicated after failure of functional treatment and it consists of a resection of the posterior-superior bone prominence of the calcaneus with a good results.