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ankle

55 year old male with lateral ankle pain and swelling posterior to the lateral malleolus.
Marked tendinosis of peroneus longus and brevis with peroneus longus herniating through peroneus brevis.
The retinuculum over the peroneus tendons is intact.

Talar fracture

It seems anecdotally that a talocalcaneal coalition predisposes the patient to a specific fracture pattern of the talus. I have now seen a few of these unusual sagittally orientated talar fractures passing posteriorly from the middle facet coalition into the posterior facet posteromedially. has anyone else seen these fractures?

Left Knee

42 year old male who played touch rugby on the beach and developed medial knee pain.
Ultrasound confirmed a tear through the inferior aspect of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus with an adjacent meniscal cyst.
The tear extends to the periphery of the meniscus.
On dynamic viewing the two parts of the meniscus were seen to […]