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Intra-articular fibrous band of the ankle: an uncommon cause of post-traumatic ankle pain.

Slavotinek JP, Zadow S, Martin DK

Division of Medical Imaging, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia. john.slavotinek@flinders.edu.au

A case of an intra-articular fibrous band of the ankle is presented with emphasis on the MR imaging appearances. This entity is an important but uncommon cause of post-traumatic ankle pain and is well recognized within the arthroscopy literature, but there is little if any documentation of this condition in the imaging literature.

Published 19 November 2006 in Australas Radiol, 50(6): 591-3.
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