Presentation
Ankle pain. Known history of haemophilia.
Patient Data
Osteoarthritis of posterior subtalar joint, with otherwise near-normal appearance of all other joint spaces. There is soft-tissue density material distending the anterior and posterior tibiotalar joint recesses.
There is marked synovial proliferation at the ankle and posterior subtalar joints which is markedly hypointense on all sequences. There is some contrast enhancement consistent with synovitis. There is marrow oedema within the talus and calcaneum and degererative disease of the posterior subtar joint.
Case Discussion
Anterior and posterior ankle soft-tissue density corresponding to the synovial proliferation on MRI. Plain film shows minimal osseous changes despite the marked synovial proliferation seen on MRI.
This patient had known haemophilia and the features are consistent with haemophilic arthropathy with haemosiderin stained proliferative synovitis due to repated episodes of haemarthrosis.