Alessandro Muda MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Enzo Silvestri MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Riccardo Sartoris MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Alice Arcidiacono, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Angelo Corazza MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Silvia Perugin Bernardi MChir, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Michela Pascale MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

The aim of our educational exhibit is to illustrate the normal anatomz and HR-US appearance of ankle retinacula, to produce detailed anatomical schemes with didactic purpose and to descrive a systematic technique for HR-US evaluation of these structures. Dynamic evaluation adds several important information about biomechanics of such superficial structures. Knowledge of the normal anatomy and imaging appearance of these structures is essential for the depiction of their injuries.

The retinacula of the ankle are thickening structures os the crural fascia with a sepcific role in maintaining the tendon structures strictlz closer to the underlying bone. Standard US protocol includes the evaluation of the extensor retinaculum, the peroneal retinaculum and the flexor retinaculum. For each retinaculum we will provide a dedicated 22 MHz HR-US scan, a detailed anatomic scheme and a pratical guide on "how to do" the HR-US scan

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Muda, A, Silvestri, E, Sartoris, R, Arcidiacono, A, Corazza, A, Perugin Bernardi, S, Pascale, M, Dynamic Evaluation with High-resolution Ultrasound of Ankle Retinacula: A Detailed Didactic Approach.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14018212.html