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Acute fracture of the os trigonum
Eva M Escobedo1, Taylor L MacDonald, John C Hunter
1Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. emescobedo@ucdavis.edu
Abstract:
A 21-year-old man presented with ankle pain after a motor vehicle accident. Imaging revealed an acute fracture of the os trigonum in addition to multiple, other lower-extremity fractures. In this case, the fracture of the os trigonum was a result of a significant traumatic injury. Thus, the presence of this fracture in an acute setting should prompt a search for other associated fractures.
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