[Back to the emergency department with a painful ankle].
A 31-year-old woman came to the Emergency Department with a painful ankle 2 days after a fall off a horse. On the day of the accident, she was misdiagnosed with a lateral ankle sprain. A lateral X-ray of the ankle showed a positive 'V-sign', which is pathognomonic for a fracture of the lateral process of the talus.
Spaarne Ziekenhuis, Hoofddorp.
Pim W
PW
van Egmond
Hendrik  J M
H
van de Rest
Peter A
PA
Nolte
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000842:Ankle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D013628:Talus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed