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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr 9:2013:bcr2013009347.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009347.

Isolated partial rupture of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle (tennis leg)

Selahattin Ozyurek  1 , Bekir Erol, Ferhat Guler, Zafer Atbasi
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Case Reports

Isolated partial rupture of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle (tennis leg)

Selahattin Ozyurek et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Ultrasound image shows a 13–14 mm long partial rupture (arrows) which extends from adjacent fascia into the muscle in the medial part of the medial head of the right gastrocnemius muscle (asterix).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Coronal (A) fat-saturated and axial (B) T2 weighted MRI show the partial rupture (arrows) in the proximal part of the medial head of the right gastrocnemius muscle (asterix). Coronal fat-saturated T2-weighted MRI (C) shows minimal fluid (arrow heads) extending along the adjacent fascia.
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