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Visual Diagnosis in Emergency Medicine| Volume 57, ISSUE 2, e57-e58, August 2019

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Plantar Ecchymosis Sign

  • Scott C. Sherman
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    Reprint Address: Scott C. Sherman, md, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Health, 1900 W. Polk Avenue, 10th Floor, Chicago, IL 60612
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    Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois

    Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Jennifer Lee
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    Department of Emergency Medicine, Cook County Health, Chicago, Illinois
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      A 31-year-old man presented to the Emergency Department with right heel pain 1 day after falling from a 12-foot ladder. He denied any other injuries or pain. A thorough physical examination revealed only tenderness over the right heel and a central ecchymosis on the mid-plantar aspect of the foot (Figure 1). There was no tenderness over the area of ecchymosis. Radiographs and computed tomographic imaging were significant for a comminuted fracture of the calcaneus that extended into the calcaneotalar joint (Figure 2). The patient was placed in a bulky splint, instructed not to bear weight, and given orthopedic follow-up.
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      Figure 1The plantar ecchymosis sign (Mondor’s sign).
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      Figure 2Mildly displaced, comminuted intra-articular fracture of the calcaneus. (A) Plain radiograph. (B) Three-dimensional reconstructed computed tomography scan.
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