Proposed treatment of cystic lesions in the first metatarsal in polyarthritic patients.
Inflammatory arthritis frequently produces severe deformities of the forefoot. Erosions and cystic changes in the metatarsal bones are not uncommon in patients with inflammatory arthritis. This report presents two patients who were treated with a bone graft and bone transposition with a good result.
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Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
Lundberg
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D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D001174:Arthrodesis; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged