Missed achilles tendon injury in superficial laceration: A diagnostic pitfall.

Q4 Medicine

Trauma Case Reports Pub Date : 2026-05-06 eCollection Date: 2026-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.tcr.2026.101345

Jeffrey Byrd, Sreenivasulu Metikala, Madana Vallem, Khalid Hasan

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Abstract

A thorough exploration of traumatic wound is critical to accurately assess the severity of the injury. The authors report a case of a missed achilles tendon injury diagnosed as a superficial laceration in the emergency department. The purpose of this case report is to highlight the importance of physical examination and history taking resulting in having a high clinical index of suspicion for diagnosing specific injuries, in this case achilles tendon injury, which will result in prompt orthopedic referral and specialized patient care.

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浅表撕裂伤漏诊跟腱损伤：一个诊断缺陷。

对创伤的彻底探查对于准确评估损伤的严重程度是至关重要的。作者报告了一个病例遗漏跟腱损伤诊断为浅表撕裂伤在急诊科。本病例报告的目的是强调体格检查和病史记录的重要性，从而在诊断特定损伤时具有很高的临床怀疑指数，本病例为跟腱损伤，这将导致及时的骨科转诊和专门的患者护理。

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来源期刊

Trauma Case Reports Medicine-Emergency Medicine

CiteScore

0.60

自引率

0.00%

发文量

131

审稿时长

26 weeks

期刊介绍： Trauma Case Reports is the only open access, online journal dedicated to the publication of case reports in all aspects of trauma care and accident surgery. Case reports on all aspects of trauma management, surgical procedures for all tissues, resuscitation, anaesthesia and trauma and tissue healing will be considered for publication by the international editorial team and will be subject to peer review. Bringing together these cases from an international authorship will shed light on surgical problems and help in their effective resolution.