Anatom3DSubcutaneous bursa of medial malleolus
Bursa subcutanea malleoli medialis · Podkožní burza vnitřního kotníku
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A sac between the skin and the inner ankle bone.
What it does
Lets the skin glide over the bony point.
Keeping it well
Swells with pressure from boots or sitting cross-legged.
Related conditions
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Morton's neuroma
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite