title: The painful foot.
abstract: There are many common causes of pain in the foot, such as ingrowing toenails and skin problems, that are obvious, but other causes such as vascular insufficiency and nerve entrapment present diagnostic difficulties. For doubtful problems radiological investigation is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Monash University, Box Hill Hospital, Victoria.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Murtagh
mesh_terms: D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy