A particular ankle fracture: destot fracture with a fibular shaft fracture

Rhita Salah, Amine El Ghazoui

PAMJ-CM. 2020; 3:25. Published 22 May 2020 | doi:10.11604/pamj-cm.2020.3.25.23637

A 39 year-old police officer, without medical history, was referred to the emergency departement showing an ankle injury, following a police chase. The left foot was twisted outwards and abducted. The mechanism of injury was then an ankle eversion.

Corresponding author
Rhita Salah, Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Military Hospital Mohammed V (HMIMV), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco (rhita.salah@gmail.com)

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