A 17-Year-Old Boy Is Sent to the Emergency Room with a Lower

A 17-year-old boy is sent to the emergency room with a lower extremities injury. When the patient was playing football with his pals, he was tackled and "felt something shatter" in his right leg. He avoids putting any weight on his right foot. A big contusion with point pain is seen on examination of the proximal lateral right leg. The exhibit includes an x-ray of the leg. Which of the following would most likely be found on physical examination?

A) Loss of inversion of the foot
B) Loss of plantar flexion of the foot
C) Loss of sensation at the dorsum of the foot
D) Loss of sensation at the medial aspect of the leg
E) Loss of sensation at the sole of the foot

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