Anterolateral ankle impingement is a distinct entity often seen in young athletic patients and is likely secondary to repetitive microtrauma and microinstability.
Lateral gutter ankle anatomy.
Anterolateral ankle impingement is characterized by a soft tissue thickening and distortion of the anterolateral recess of the ankle joint 1 2.
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Plain radiograph ct useful to evaluate bony proliferations and or osteophytic spurs at the anterolateral tibial plafond or osseous bodies projecting on the anterolateral gutter.
18 over time microtrauma results in excessive hemorrhage scar tissue formation and synovial hypertrophy in the lateral gutter of the ankle eventually leading to impingement.
The lateral collateral ligament of ankle joint or external lateral ligament of the ankle joint are ligaments of the ankle which attach to the fibula.
The anterior talofibular ligament attaches the anterior margin of the lateral malleolus to the adjacent region of the talus bone.