title: Plantar heel pain due to vascular leiomyoma (angioleiomyoma).
abstract: The differential diagnosis of heel pain is extensive. The plantar heel pain is usually due to mechanical etiology, including plantar fasciitis, calcaneal spur, stress fracture, and nerve entrapment. Tumor is a rare cause of plantar heel pain. We present a case of chronic plantar heel pain with a vascular leiomyoma at the heel pad.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, North District Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Man-hong Steve
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Tun-hing
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lui
mesh_terms: D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery