Calf Pain Differential Diagnoses
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- Muscle strain (gastrocnemius, soleus, plantaris)
- Muscle contusion (gastrocnemius)
- Superficial posterior compartment syndrome
- Deep posterior compartment syndrome
- Referred pain (lumbar spine, myofascial structures, superior tibiofibular joint, baker's cyst, knee posterior cruciate ligament, knee posterior capsular sprain)
- Vascular entrapment (popliteal artery, endo-fibrosis of external iliac artery)
- Nerve entrapment (tibial, sural)
- Stress fractures (fibula, posterior cortex of the tibia)
- Varicose veins e.g. superficial thrombosis
- Deep vein thrombosis
