Anteromedial Impingement of the Ankle
Using MR Arthrography to Assess the Anteromedial Recess
P. Robinson1,2,
L. M. White1,
D. Salonen1 and
D. Ogilvie-Harris3
1
Department of Medical Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital and the University Health
Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1.
2
Present address: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St. James University
Hospital, Beckett St., Leeds, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom.
3
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1.

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Fig. 1A. 18-year-old man with anteromedial impingement diagnosed
clinically. Axial proton densityweighted fast spin-echo MR image
(TR/TE, 3,967/32; echo-train length, 12) of right ankle shows large nodular
soft-tissue mass (arrows) adherent to medial malleolus.
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Fig. 1B. 18-year-old man with anteromedial impingement diagnosed
clinically. Sagittal T2-weighted fat-suppressed, fast spin-echo MR image
(3,933/ 80; echo-train length, 8) at medial aspect of tibiotalar joint shows
nodular contour (arrow) to anteromedial capsule.
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Fig. 2A. 28-year-old woman with anteromedial impingement diagnosed
clinically. Axial proton densityweighted fast spin-echo MR image
(TR/TE, 3,967/32; echo-train length, 12) of left ankle shows intact tibiotalar
ligament (asterisk) with anterior and medial synovial thickening
(arrow).
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Fig. 2B. 28-year-old woman with anteromedial impingement diagnosed
clinically. Sagittal T1-weighted fat-suppressed conventional spin-echo MR
image (583/8) at medial aspect of tibiotalar joint shows anteromedial tibial
(white arrow) and talar (black arrow) osteophytes.
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Fig. 3. 31-year-old woman with mild lateral instability diagnosed
clinically. Axial proton densityweighted fast spin-echo MR image
(TR/TE, 3,967/32; echo-train length, 12) of right ankle shows smooth outline
to anteromedial capsular tissues (arrows).
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Fig. 4. 26-year-old man with medial talar osteochondral defect
diagnosed clinically. Sagittal T2-weighted fat-suppressed, fast spin-echo MR
image (TR/TE, 3,933/80; echo-train length, 8) at medial aspect of right
tibiotalar joint shows smooth contour to anteromedial capsule
(arrows).
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