Author: Paul Onion / Editor: Tajek B Hassan / Reviewer: Jolene Rosario / Code: SLO2, SLO4, TC2, TP7 / Published: 06/03/2021
A 35-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department complaining of pain to the medial aspect of his right ankle following a twisting injury to the lower leg after getting his foot trapped between 2 rocks while climbing.
On examination he has a grossly swollen and tender medial malleolus with pain elicited on movements in all directions. He is mildly tender over the proximal fibula and is neuro-vascularly intact distally.
His x-rays are shown below.
9 responses
good
Good Xray
Very useful to show the xray showing a normal length of an ankle mortise
very interesting
Very good xray and explanation.
Interesting case…
good orthopedic case
Concise and amazing!
Great Revision