Tuesday, September 22, 2009

X-ray of the day: Foot lesion


Fracture-dislocation of the Lisfranc joint after fall during jogging.
AP and oblique radiographs show small avulsion fractures between the bases of the metatarsal bones (arrows) and a slight increase in distance between the bases of the first and second metatarsal bones.






CT sections of the tarsometatarsal joints confirm the extension of the injury throughout the Lisfranc joint (ventral arrows) with multiple avulsion fractures, including one at the lateral aspect of the cuboid (horizontally oriented white arrow).