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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Wide mortise associated with tibiofibular syndesmosis tear This anteroposterior radiograph of the ankle shows widening of the ankle mortise. Note the increased space between the medial malleolus and the adjacent talus. This appearance strongly suggests a tear of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis, an injury that is referred to as a syndesmotic sprain or, in layman's terms, as a high ankle sprain. Courtesy of Karl B Fields, MD.