title: [An unusual complication after syndesmotic injury: retrotibial heterotopic ossification].
abstract: A 27-year-old male patient sustained an isolated syndesmotic injury in the right ankle following a fall. His complaints subsided gradually within the first six weeks of conservative treatment. At the end of the third month, he returned to follow-up with posterior ankle pain. Radiological examinations revealed heterotopic ossification adjacent to the posterior inferior tibiofibular ligament and posterior capsule. His complaints disappeared only after local excision of the ossification. Heterotopic ossification may be a cause of persistent pain after ankle ligament injuries.
authors.affiliation: VKV Amerikan Hastanesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği, Nişantaşi, Istanbul, Turkey. aseyahi@gmail.com
authors.forename: Aksel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seyahi
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uludağ
authors.forename: Senol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akman
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demirhan
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D017746:Joint Capsule / Q000473:pathology*; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography