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
- 5th metatarsal apophysis
- 5th 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