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Pott's Fracture of Ankle

Aka: Pott's Fracture of Ankle, Pott's Fracture-Subluxation
  1. Differential Diagnosis
    1. Lateral Ankle Sprain
  2. Mechanism
    1. Forced foot eversion
  3. Symptoms
    1. Pain at distal fibula
    2. Unable to ambulate
  4. Signs
    1. Fibula Fractured 4.3 cm above malleolus tip
    2. Talus displaced laterally and posterior
    3. No active range of motion of ankle
    4. Increased distance between medial and lateral malleolus
    5. Shortened foot dorsum
  5. Special Circumstances: Injury by landing on foot
    1. Talus pushed upwards tearing lateral ligaments
    2. Results in Dupuytren's Fracture

Pott's fracture (C0272773)

Concepts Injury or Poisoning (T037)
SnomedCT 35899005, 208661001, 263244000
Dutch Pott-fractuur, Dupuytren; fractuur, fractuur; Dupuytren
French Fracture de Pott
German Pott-Fraktur
Italian Frattura di Pott
Portuguese Fractura de Pott
Spanish Fractura de Pott, fractura de Dupuytren del peroné, fractura de Pott (trastorno), fractura de Pott del tobillo, fractura de Pott
Japanese ポット骨折, ﾎﾟｯﾄｺｯｾﾂ
Czech Pottova zlomenina
English Pott fracture, pott fracture, dupuytren's fracture, fracture pott's, fracture potts, fractures pott's, Fracture;Potts, pott's fracture, potts fracture, fractures potts, Pott's fracture - ankle, Pott's fracture (diagnosis), fracture of tibia and fibula pott's, Dupuytren's fracture of fibula, Pott's fracture, Pott's fracture of ankle, Pott's fracture (disorder), fracture; Dupuytren, Dupuytren; fracture, Dupuytren's fracture, fibula, Potts fracture
Hungarian Pott-törés
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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