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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Plantar Heel Pain
SKIN
• Keratoses
• Verruca
• Ulcer
• Fissure
FAT
• Atrophy
• Panniculitis
DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE
• Inflammatory fasciitis
• Fibromatosis
• Enthesopathy
• Bursitis
BONE (CALCANEUS)
• Stress fracture
• Paget’s disease
• Benign bone cyst/tumor
• Malignant bone tumor
• Metabolic bone disease (osteopenia)
NERVE
• Tarsal tunnel
• Plantar nerve entrapment
• S1 nerve root radiculopathy
• Painful peripheral neuropathy
INFECTION
• Dermatomycoses
• Acute osteomyelitis
• Plantar abscess
MISCELLANEOUS
• Foreign body
• Nonunion calcaneus fracture
• Psychogenic
• Idiopathic
SKIN
• Keratoses
• Verruca
• Ulcer
• Fissure
FAT
• Atrophy
• Panniculitis
DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE
• Inflammatory fasciitis
• Fibromatosis
• Enthesopathy
• Bursitis
BONE (CALCANEUS)
• Stress fracture
• Paget’s disease
• Benign bone cyst/tumor
• Malignant bone tumor
• Metabolic bone disease (osteopenia)
NERVE
• Tarsal tunnel
• Plantar nerve entrapment
• S1 nerve root radiculopathy
• Painful peripheral neuropathy
INFECTION
• Dermatomycoses
• Acute osteomyelitis
• Plantar abscess
MISCELLANEOUS
• Foreign body
• Nonunion calcaneus fracture
• Psychogenic
• Idiopathic
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