Combined Anterolateral, Anterior, and Anteromedial Ankle Impingement in an Adolescent Soccer Player: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Clin J Sport Med. 2019 Nov;29(6):e80-e82. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000576.

Abstract

A unique case of combined anterolateral, anterior, and anteromedial ankle impingement in an adolescent soccer player is presented in this article. To the best of our knowledge, this is the only report of circumferential, massive, anterior ankle impingement in children described in the literature. The importance of proper diagnosis and treatment of such a lesion is illustrated in this case report. We also emphasize that clinical examination combined with 3D computed tomography scan reconstruction is an excellent and cost-effective imaging modality that can help with the diagnosis of anterior ankle impingement. Finally, open surgical treatment showed excellent results in an elite athlete.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Adolescent
  • Ankle Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ankle Injuries / surgery
  • Arthralgia / etiology
  • Debridement
  • Edema / etiology
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Male
  • Osteophyte / diagnostic imaging*
  • Osteophyte / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Soccer / injuries*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods