Tuesday, September 22, 2009

X-ray of the day: Traumatic lesion of the ankle



Pronation-external rotation injury, stage IV of the ankle:
AP and lateral radiographs reveal a fracture of the fibula at a high level and a small avulsion fracture of the posterior lip of the tibia (arrow). According to the staging, the injury includes complete tear of the deltoid ligament of the medial malleolus.