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Published in: Insights into Imaging 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | Computed Tomography | Educational Review

Anatomical variation in the ankle and foot: from incidental finding to inductor of pathology. Part I: ankle and hindfoot

Authors: Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Francisco Aparisi, Alessandra Bartoloni, Maria Alejandra Ferrando Fons, Giuseppe Battista, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Alberto Bazzocchi

Published in: Insights into Imaging | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Accessory anatomical structures in the ankle and foot usually represent incidental imaging findings; however, they may also eventually represent a source of pathology, such as painful syndromes, degenerative changes, be the subject of overuse and trauma or appear as masses and cause compression syndromes or impingement.
This review aims to describe and illustrate the imaging findings related to the presence of accessory ossicles and muscles in the ankle and hindfoot through different techniques, with special attention to those variants that associate factors of clinical relevance or that trigger challenges in the differential diagnosis.
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Metadata
Title
Anatomical variation in the ankle and foot: from incidental finding to inductor of pathology. Part I: ankle and hindfoot
Authors
Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez
Francisco Aparisi
Alessandra Bartoloni
Maria Alejandra Ferrando Fons
Giuseppe Battista
Giuseppe Guglielmi
Alberto Bazzocchi
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Insights into Imaging / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1869-4101
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0746-2

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