Differentiated ultrasound diagnosis of acutely unclear calf pain

Aim and methods: 96 patients with acutely clinically unclear calf pain were investigated by color duplex ultrasound and sonography of the leg. Results : Ultrasound investigations showed the following results: 24% of patients h ad thrombosis of the calf muscle veins, 15% had thrombosis of the deep calf veins. 13% had muscle rupture, 7% had superficial thrombophlebitis, 7% hod haemotoma, 5% had ruptured Baker's cysts, 5% hod intra-articular fluid in the knee joint, 3% hod large Baker's cysts, 1% had tumor. 20% of patients s howed a normal result of ultrasound investigations. Conclusion: Sonography of the calf in addition to color doppler is very helpful in finding the cau se of clinically unclear calf pain.