TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: The acute ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries seen in trauma departments. Ankle sprains have an incidence of about one injury per 10 000 people a day. In contrast tarsal coalition is a rare condition occurring in not more than one percent of the population. Case presentation: We present the case of a 23 year old male patient with pain and local swelling after an acute ankle sprain. Initial clinical and radiological examination showed no pathologies. Due to prolonged pain, swelling and the inability of the patient to weight bear one week after trauma further diagnostics was performed. Imaging studies (MRI and CT) revealed a fracture of a talocalcaneal coalition. To the knowledge of the authors no fracture of a coalition was reported so far. Conclusion: This report highlights the presentation of symptomatic coalitions following trauma and furthermore, it points out the difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of a rare entity after a common injury. A diagnostic algorithm has been developed to ensure not to miss a severe injury.
AU  - Wähnert, Dirk
AU  - Wähnert, D.
AU  - Grüneweller, Niklas
AU  - Evers, Julia
AU  - Sellmeier, Anna C.
AU  - Raschke, Michael J.
AU  - Ochman, Sabine
DA  - 2013-03
DO  - 10.1186/1471-2474-14-111
KW  - Acute ankle sprain
KW  - Talocalcaneal coalition
KW  - Fracture of coalition
KW  - Persisting ankle pain
LA  - eng
N1  - Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2012/2013 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
N1  - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 14 (2013) 111
PY  - 2013-03
TI  - An unusual cause of ankle pain: fracture of a talocalcaneal coalition as a differential diagnosis in an acute ankle sprain: a case report and literature review
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-34319431188
Y2  - 2024-11-22T03:01:47
ER  -