Abstract:[Objective] To explore the relationship between fracture of the medial process of the calcaneal tuberosity (plantar medial avulsion, PMA fracture) and tongue-type fractures by radiographic measurement. [Methods] A retrospective study was conducted on imag- ing data of 157 patients who underwent treatment for calcaneal fractures in our hospital from January 2016 to January 2020. Radiographs and CT images were reviewed to determine the Essex-Lopresti classification and measure the fracture displacement. [Results] Of the 157 patients, tongue-type fracture (TT) was found in 73 cases, accounted for 46.50%; joint depression (JD) fracture was in 48 cases, accounted for 30.57%; while the fractures not classified by the Essex- Lopresti classification was seen in 36 cases, accounted for 22.93%. Among them, PMA fracture was noted in 34 patients of the TT group (46.58%) , 11 cases of JD group (22.92%) , whereas 17 cases of unclassified fracture group (47.22%) , which was statistically significant (P<0.05) . The displacement of PMA fragment was of (5.12±0.71) mm in TT group, whereas (4.83±0.33) mm in the JD group, which was not statistically significant (P>0.05) . [Conclusions] The tongue-type fracture has considerably higher chance to accompany with PMA fracture than the joint depression fracture. The more displacement of tongue frag- ment, the more possibility of combined PMA fracture.