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TEARDROP SIGN [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A sign of ankle effusion. As the anterior recess becomes distended, a lateral radiograph demonstrates a teardrop-shaped water density that displaces and deforms the pretalar fat pad and extends for a variable distance anteriorly from the ankle joint along the neck of the talus. [From EISER, 1984, p. 386.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Signe observé dans un épanchement de la cheville, caractérisé par une distension du récessus capsulaire antérieur associée à un refoulement du liseré graisseux pré-astragalien. [D'après TENFA, 1987, p. 44.]

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