Medical Must-See: Sprint for glory leaves man with bilateral Achilles tendon rupture
Bilateral rupture occurs in just 1% of Achilles tendon rupture cases.
To loosely borrow from Oscar Wilde, to lose one’s Achilles tendon to rupture is a misfortune; to lose both simultaneously is just pure bad luck — as one middle-aged man discovered.
The 52-year-old presented to ED unable to walk or stand without help and severe pain in both ankles, reported orthopaedic surgeons from the University General Hospital of Larissa in Greece.
“This sudden pain started during a soccer game at the moment the patient needed to sprint. He did not mention any contact during the incident,” the doctors wrote in Cureus.
Their patient had a slightly elevated BMI (27.5kg/m2) but no other significant medical history or use of fluoroquinolone or steroid in recent years.
