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Osteopoikilosis is a benign, autosomal dominant, sclerosing (hardening) dysplasia of bone characterized by the presence of numerous bone islands in the skeleton. [1]
In medicine, the Ottawa ankle rules are a set of guidelines for clinicians to help decide if a patient with foot or ankle pain should be offered X-rays to diagnose a possible bone fracture. Before the introduction of the rules most patients with ankle injuries would have been imaged.
Pott's fracture, also known as Pott's syndrome I and Dupuytren fracture, is an archaic term loosely applied to a variety of bimalleolar ankle fractures. [1] The injury is caused by a combined abduction external rotation from an eversion force.
An ankle fracture is a break of one or more of the bones that make up the ankle joint. [1] Symptoms may include pain, swelling, bruising, and an inability to walk on ...
Bipartite patella is a condition where the patella, or kneecap, is composed of two separate bones.Instead of fusing together as normally occurs in early childhood, the bones of the patella remain separated. [1]
AO classification. The Müller AO Classification of fractures is a system for classifying bone fractures initially published in 1987 [1] by the AO Foundation as a method of categorizing injuries according to therognosis of the patient's anatomical and functional outcome.
The lateral malleolus is the prominence on the outer side of the ankle, formed by the lower end of the fibula. The word malleolus ( / m ə ˈ l iː ə l ə s , m æ -/ [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ), plural malleoli ( / m ə ˈ l iː ə ˌ l aɪ , m æ -/ ), comes from Latin and means "small hammer ".
An enostosis is a small area of compact bone within the cancellous bone. [1] [2] They are commonly seen as an incidental finding on radiographs or CT scans.They are typically very small and do not cause any symptoms. [3]