Ankle Lateral Gutter

The distal syndesmosis is felt by following the medial edge of the fibula superior to the joint line.

Ankle lateral gutter.

The ligamentous injury is not severe enough to cause chronic instability. 3 over time a meniscoid lesion is often the result of the lateral ankle injury. The lateral shoulder of the talus can be felt at the joint line by dorsiflexing and plantar flexing the ankle. Medial and lateral gutter ankle impingement may result after total ankle replacement tar.

The ankle impingement sign described by malloy uses thumb pressure over the lateral gutter while taking the ankle from a plantar flexed position to maximal dorsiflexion. The investigators noted that if hypertrophic synovitis is present this maneuver impinges the synovium between the neck of the talus and the distal tibia. Patients will complain of pain around the anterolateral ankle gutter during weightbearing and may feel like the pain is deep in the joint. 3 during an inversion ankle injury the anterior talofibular ligament and calcaneofibular ligament are affected as is the distal syndesmosis.

The anterolateral ankle gutter is the most common site of ankle impingement. The lateral gutter of the ankle joint can be found by running the thumb medially over the anterior and medial edge of the fibula. Impingement after tar can be a source of pain and decreased patient satisfaction which in turn results in poor outcomes 1impingement is of an unknown complex etiology and is likely multifactorial. Anterolateral ankle impingement has been known under the term anterolateral meniscoid lesion which is the result of synovitis in the anterolateral gutter.

It is an uncommon cause of chronic lateral ankle pain 6 typically seen in athletes 3 5.