Foot radiograph (checklist)
The foot radiograph checklist is just one of the many pathology checklists that can be used when reporting to ensure that you always actively exclude pathology that is commonly missed; this is particularly helpful in the examination setting, e.g. the FRCR 2B rapid-reporting.
Radiograph
Foot radiographs in an exam setting will have been primarily performed because of a history of pain or trauma.
Alignment
Ankle
- rheumatoid arthritis
- osteoarthritis
- haemophilic arthropathy
- effusion
- secondary synovial osteochondromatosis
Hindfoot
- calcaneum intraosseous lipoma
- calcaneum stress fracture
- Achilles calcification/ enthesophyte
- plantar calcaneal spur
Midfoot
- LisFranc injury
- Chopart injury
- accessory ossicles
- os naviculare/ os tibiale externum - cornuate navicular
- os peroneum
- os intermetatarseum
- 5 metatarsal apophysis
- 5 metatarsal base fracture
- metatarsal stress fracture
Forefoot
- gout - podgra
- hallux valgus deformity
- bipartite sesamoid
- osteomyelitis
- insufficiency fracture / AVN of second metatarsal head
- enchondroma
- amputation
Soft tissues
- gouty tophi
- acromegaly
- overlying dressings
- calcified atherosclerotic disease
See also
