Presentation
Patient had a twisting injury a week ago and presents with slight tenderness posterior to medial malleolus
Patient Data
Age: 25 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Normal ankle series
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No fracture or dislocation seen. Ankle mortise is preserved.
Case Discussion
A complete ankle series consists of three views: anterior-posterior (AP), mortise, and lateral.
The mortise view is key in assessing the integrity of the ankle joint, and the entire joint space should be visualised1. This can be achieved by ensuring that the medial and lateral malleoli are positioned in the same plane, which puts the ankle at a slight internal rotation of about 15 degrees. That being said, a mortise view may be achieved without any internal rotation when the patient has a natural eversion of their foot.
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