Isolated ischaemic contracture of medial head of gastrocnemius.
A 47-year-old woman presented with a disabling fixed flexion deformity of the knee and an equinus deformity of the ankle following treatment in a cast for a minor flexion deformity following a tibial plateau fracture. Two years later, the cause was identified as an isolated ischaemic contracture involving the medial head of gastrocnemius. She made a good recovery following extensive corrective surgery and rehabilitation.
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Hospital Trust, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK. Shradha121@yahoo.co.uk
Shradha
S
Gupta
Tahir
T
Mahmud
Anthea
A
Davy
Adam W M
AW
Mitchell
Andy
A
Williams
D003286:Contracture / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery