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Vol. 24. Issue 1.
Pages 23-29 (May 2010)
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Vol. 24. Issue 1.
Pages 23-29 (May 2010)
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Errores diagnósticos en el estudio del paciente con talalgia y eficacia de las terapias conservadoras
Diagnostic errors in the study of patients with talalgia (plantar heel pain) and efficacy of conservative therapies
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M.U. Herrera Pérez1,
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herrera42@gmail.com

Correspondencia: C/ El Pilar 50, 4.° 38002 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
, L.P. Herrera Navarro2
1 Servicio de COT-B. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Tenerife
2 Servicio de COT. Hospital Universitario Ntra. Sra. de Candelaria. Tenerife
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La etiología del dolor en el talón no está clara y su tratamiento es, con frecuencia, frustrante tanto para el paciente como para el médico. Generalmente sigue un curso autolimitado, resolviéndose en el 80-90% de casos en los primeros 10 meses.

La fascitis plantar es la causa más frecuente de talalgia y se presenta típicamente como un dolor agudo con el primer paso, en mujeres de mediana edad, a menudo con sobrepeso. Aunque el diagnóstico diferencial es amplio, una anamnesis y exploración física adecuadas nos llevarán al diagnóstico correcto.

Presentamos los resultados de la revisión de cuarenta pacientes diagnosticados de fascitis plantar, actualizamos las tres causas principales de talalgia en nuestro medio e insistimos en la importancia de un correcto examen físico para evitar errores en el diagnóstico.

Palabras clave:
Talalgias
Fascitis plantar

The aetiology of talalgia (plantar heel pain) is unclear and its treatment is frustrating for both patients and physicians. It is held to be a self-limiting condition because symptoms usually resolve in 80-90% of the patients within 10 months of onset.

Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain and typically presents with the insidious onset of acute “start-up” pain, in a generally overweight middle-aged woman.

Although the differential diagnosis of plantar heel pain is quite ample, a thorough history and physical examination can usually provide the clinician with the correct diagnosis.

We present a revision of forty patients treated as plantar fasciitis, describing the three main causes of this syndrome and the importance of a thorough examination in order to avoid misdiagnosis.

Key words:
Plantar heel pain
Plantar fasciitis
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