Ultrasound of the ankle and foot

doi:10.1016/S0887-2171(00)90046-5

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volume 21, Issue 3, June 2000, Pages 275-284

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Abstract

Ultrasound is an excellent tool for evaluating common ankle problems. it is more economical than MRI and its real-time nature helps in correlating the study with the symptomatic area. US can be used in ankle to evaluate tendons (including tears, tendinits and tenosynovitis), joints, plantar fascia, ligaments, soft tissue masses, ganglion cysts, Morton's neuroma, and to look for foreign bodies. Power Doppler can be used to evaluate blood flow in acute inflammatory process and in reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

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Ultrasound of the ankle and foot

Abstract

Orthop Clin North Am

Radio Clin North Am

Orthop Clin North Am

Orthop Clin North Am

J Foot Ankle Surg

J Hand Surg

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Radiology

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Radiology

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

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Radiology

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Radiology

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: Detection of xanthomas in the Achilles tendon with US

Radiology

Sonography of Achilles tendon xanthomas in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

AJR

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Clin Orthop

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J Clin Ultrasound