Forefoot Pathology
A 48-year-old woman presents with a 6-month history of burning pain in the ball of her right foot, radiating to her third and fourth toes. Symptoms are worse in tight shoes and relieved by removing shoes and massaging the foot. Examination reveals tenderness in the third web space with a palpable click on lateral compression of the metatarsal heads. Regarding Morton neuroma:
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Morton neuroma is not a true neuroma but perineural fibrosis and degeneration of the common digital ...
Symptoms include burning pain, numbness, and tingling in the affected web space radiating to the toe...
Morton neuroma is a true nerve tumor; the first web space is most commonly affected; it is more comm...
Ultrasound can visualize the neuroma as a hypoechoic mass; MRI shows low T1 and T2 signal lesion in ...
Non-operative treatment includes wide shoes, metatarsal pads (placed proximal to metatarsal heads to...
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