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Abstract #3319

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Unanticipated Causes of Ankle Pain: A Pictorial Essay

Dustin Nguyen, D.O. 1, Cheri Nguyen, M.D. 1, Mohammad Umair, D.O. 2, John Loh, M.D. 1

1Radiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, United States; 2Radiology, Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, Patchogue, NY, United States

Ankle pain is a common presenting complaint in the ambulatory or emergent setting with the usual etiologies being trauma or sports related injuries. The mechanism is typically traumatic secondary to a twisting-type injury. There is a subset of patients presenting with ankle pain that are due to less common etiologies such as osteochondral lesions of the talar dome, plantar fasciitis and sinus tarsi ganglia to name a few. The purpose of the poster is to educate the viewer about the less common causes of ankle pain and to emphasis a working differential diagnosis for ankle pain.

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