Ligament-related avulsion fracture around ankle joint.

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We reported twenty-six cases of avulsion fractures induced by sprains of the ankle joint. Most of them were results of avulsion by lateral ligaments or peroneus brevis tendon. But some of them were results of avulsion by other ligaments. We should be careful not to misdiagnose these injuries by taking three-directional plain radiograms, and adding str ss radiograms if necessary. These avulsion fractures occur not only in children whose skeletals are relatively weaker than ligaments and in adolescent who often engaged in sports activity, but also in the middle aged or older women. This fact suggests that osteoporosis is one of the factors inducing avulsion fractures rather than ligamentous injuries. We treated these fractures with success, prescribing walking boots cast for four weeks.