Radiological evaluation of a high ankle sprain.

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  • J Mark Evans
  • William G Schucany
چکیده

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2006;19:402–405 A 42-year-old woman with lateral left ankle pain presented to the orthopaedic clinic. She complained of unrelenting left ankle pain following a fall a week earlier. The plain radiographs of her left ankle revealed no evidence of fracture. Following her visit to the clinic, the orthopaedic surgeon ordered a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the left ankle. The T1and T2-weighted images demonstrated an abnormal appearance of the anterior inferior tibiofibular (AITF) ligament as well as the anterior talofibular ligament (Figures 1–3). Marked subcutaneous edema was evident over the lateral and anterior left ankle. A small ankle effusion was also visualized. What is the diagnosis and the most common mechanism of injury?

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Proceedings

دوره 19 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006