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Figure 11b.   Tendon rupture due to laceration of the dorsum of the foot in a 25-year-old woman with inability to dorsiflex the great toe. (a) Sagittal fat-suppressed fast spin-echo proton-density-weighted MR image shows complete rupture of the extensor hallucis longus tendon (arrow). (b) Coronal T2-weighted MR image shows a fluid-filled gap at the expected location of the tendon at the level of the proximal first metatarsal bone (arrows).