Neuromas associated with tailor's bunion.
The purpose of this paper is to present to the physician a common clinical problem associated with tailor's bunion, a probable traumatic neuroma of the proper digital branch of the superficial division of the lateral plantar nerve. Many of the patients who presented to the authors with tailor's bunion also exhibited a traumatic neuroma. The authors discuss this clinical problem, its treatment, and its eradication.
D005528:Foot / Q000294:innervation; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008683:Metatarsophalangeal Joint / Q000601:surgery; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D009463:Neuroma / Q000601:surgery*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014034:Toes / Q000294:innervation