Clinics in diagnostic imaging (42). Shepherd's fracture.
A 21-year-old woman presented with severe ankle pain during a soccer match. Radiographs showed a Shepherd's fracture of the talus. She responded well to conservative treatment. The imaging anatomy of the posterior talus and os trigonum is reviewed, together with radiological features of osteochondritis dissecans of the talar dome.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
D000328:Adult; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011187:Posture; D011859:Radiography; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*