calf pain

Etiology

• popliteal cyst (Baker's cyst)
• tears of the medial head of the gastrocnemius
• deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• chronic venous insufficiency
• muscle cramps
• trauma
• peripheral arterial disease (intermittent claudication)
• lumbar spinal stenosis
• also see leg pain

Differential diagnosis

• Achilles tendon rupture*
• Achilles tendonitis

* described as calf pain

Management

• see muscle cramp

More general terms

• leg pain

Additional terms

• deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
• gastrocnemius muscle tear
• Morrant Baker (popliteal) cyst or pseudothrombophlebitis syndrome
• venous stasis; venous hypertension