Pseudotumor of the calcaneus

Last revised by Craig Hacking on 12 Mar 2024

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Citation:

Niknejad M, Hacking C, Jones J, et al. Pseudotumor of the calcaneus. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-23010

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-23010

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/23010

rID:

23010

Article created:

13 May 2013, Mohammad Taghi Niknejad ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Mohammad Taghi Niknejad had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

12 Mar 2024, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Craig Hacking had the following disclosures:

Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

5 times, by 5 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Tags:

cases, stub

Synonyms:

Pseudotumor of the calcaneus
Calcaneal pseudotumour
Pseudocyst of the calcaneus
Pseudotumour of calcaneus

Pseudotumor of the calcaneus is a normal variation of the trabecular pattern of the calcaneus on plain radiography secondary to atrophic trabeculae.

This condition is one of the skeletal "do not touch" lesions which can mimic a tumor-like (e.g. calcaneal lipoma) or a cyst-like (e.g. calcaneal simple bone cyst) lesion.