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Comment
. 2010 Apr;32(4):417-8.
doi: 10.1007/s00276-009-0606-8. Epub 2009 Dec 11.

Visibility of the lateral collateral ligaments in routine computed tomography of the ankle

Johannes Gossner
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Visibility of the lateral collateral ligaments in routine computed tomography of the ankle

Johannes Gossner. Surg Radiol Anat. 2010 Apr.
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Fig. 1
Axial slices of a computed tomography of the ankle in a soft tissue window (left) and a bone window setting (right). The anterior talofibular ligament could be easily depicted as a slight hyperdense ligament, especially in the soft tissue window setting
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