rss
BMJ Case Reports 2011; doi:10.1136/bcr.10.2011.4919
  • Image In...

A rare case of a ball and socket ankle joint

  1. Roland Fernandes
  1. Orthopaedic Department, Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent, UK
  1. Correspondence to Roland Fernandes, rfernandes{at}doctors.org.uk

Description

A 50-year-old otherwise well gentleman presented with mild pain and stiffness in his right ankle. Remarkably, radiographs revealed gross congenital deformities. The ankle mortice was semicircular and the subtalar joints fused (figure 1). There were only three metatarsals. The bases of the …

[Full text of this article]

This Article

  1. Extract
  2. Full text
  3. PDF

Responses

  1. Submit a response
  2. No responses published

Social bookmarking

Register for free content

The full text of all Editor's Choice articles and summaries of every article are free without registration

The full text of Images in ... articles are free to registered users

Only fellows can access the full text of case reports (apart from Editor's Choice) - become a fellow today, or encourage your institution to, so that together we can grow and develop this resource

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the case reports as they are published, and let us know what you think by commenting on the Editor's blog

Navigate This Article