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Medial Ankle Sprain

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Medial Ankle Sprain, Deltoid ligament rupture

  • See Also
  1. Ankle Sprain
  2. Ankle Sprain Management
  3. Lateral Ankle Sprain
  4. High Ankle Sprain
  • Epidemiology
  1. Rare
  • Pathophysiology
  1. Deltoid ligament injury
  2. Deltoid injury requires major Trauma
  3. Associated with Pott's Fracture-Subluxation
  • Exam
  1. Medial deltoid ligament tenderness does not predict deep deltoid ligament disruption
  • Imaging
  1. Gravity stress film
    1. May be indicated by orthopedics to identify medial ankle dynamic instability
  • References
  1. Rifat (1996) Am Fam Physician 53(8):2491-8 [PubMed]
  2. Rubin (1996) Am Fam Physician 54(5):1609-18 [PubMed]
  3. Sitler (1995) Sports Med 20(1):53-7 [PubMed]
  4. Swain (1993) Postgrad Med 90(3):91-100 [PubMed]