Teenager with ankle pain after being tackled

Musculoskeletal
CT of a triplane fracture of the ankle
Coronal (left) and sagittal (right) CT 2D reconstructions without contrast of the ankle show a sagittal fracture through the tibial epiphysis, an axial fracture through the physis, and a coronal fracture through the tibial metaphysis.

The diagnosis was a triplane fracture of the ankle (Salter Harris Type IV fracture).

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