title: A 2-year-old girl with painful right ankle.
abstract: The following case is presented to illustrate the roentgenographic and clinical findings of a condition of interest to the orthopaedic surgeon. The initial history, physical findings, and roentgenographic examinations are found on this page. The final clinical and roentgenographic differential diagnosis is then presented.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital, Beijing Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riordan
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gilula
mesh_terms: D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*