Case of the Month

September 1998

This 11 year old girl presented to the local emergency room after she sprained her ankle in soccer.  In your office 4 days later, she has local tenderness and swelling at the level of the joint line anterior to the distal part of the fibula. 
A plain radiograph is shown below.  Click on the image for a better view.

1) What is your diagnosis?  Click here for the answer
2) What treatment would you recommend? Click here for the treatment and results.