{"title":"A Rare Case of Intermittent Calf Pain: Gastrocnemius Fatty Degeneration","authors":"Kalande Fredrick","doi":"10.4314/aas.v19i3.5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Intermittent calf pain is also called claudication. It is common in patients with spinal canal stenosis or those with peripheral vascular occlusion disorders. It is rarely found in local muscle pathology. We herein report a case of a 50-year-old man who presented with left-sided calf pain on mild exertion. On evaluation, the systemic review was normal, with no spondylosis or vascular pathology, but with local fatty degeneration in the gastrocnemius, which was causing the calf pain. He was given analgesics and underwent physiotherapy and counseling, and his condition improved over 6 months. ","PeriodicalId":37442,"journal":{"name":"Annals of African Surgery","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of African Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4314/aas.v19i3.5","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Intermittent calf pain is also called claudication. It is common in patients with spinal canal stenosis or those with peripheral vascular occlusion disorders. It is rarely found in local muscle pathology. We herein report a case of a 50-year-old man who presented with left-sided calf pain on mild exertion. On evaluation, the systemic review was normal, with no spondylosis or vascular pathology, but with local fatty degeneration in the gastrocnemius, which was causing the calf pain. He was given analgesics and underwent physiotherapy and counseling, and his condition improved over 6 months.
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The Annals of African Surgery ANN. AFR. SURG. (ISSN: 1999-9674 [print], ISSN: 2523-0816 [online]) is a bi-annual publication that aims to provide a medium for the exchange of current information between surgeons in the African region. The journal embraces surgery in all its aspects: basic science, clinical research, experimental research, and surgical education. The Annals of African Surgery will help surgeons in the region keep abreast of developing surgical innovations. This Ethics Policies document is intended to inform the public and all persons affiliated with The Annals of African Surgery of its general ethics policies. Types of articles published: -Original articles -Case reports -Case series -Reviews -Short communications -Letters to the editor -Commentaries Annals of African Surgery publishes manuscripts in the following fields: - Cardiac and thoracic surgery - General surgery - Neurosurgery - Oral and maxillofacial surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic surgery - Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat surgery) - Paediatric surgery - Plastic and reconstructive surgery - Urology surgery - Gynaecologic surgery - Surgical education -Medical education -Global surgery - Health advocacy - Innovations in surgery - Basic sciences - Anatomical sciences - Genetic and molecular studies
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