Forefoot complaints--the Morton's metatarsalgia. The role of MR imaging.
An illustrated case with Morton's metatarsalgia is presented. MR imaging was helpful for determining the presence, location and magnitude of intermetatarsal neuroma. Moreover, it had a large influence on the differential diagnostic thinking because many disorders may produce forefoot complaints mimicking Morton's metatarsalgia.
Birbilis
Theodossios
T
Department of Neurosurgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, Alexandroupolou, Greece. mpirmpil@otenet.gr
Theodoropoulou
Efthymia
E
Koulalis
Dimitrios
D
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005545:Forefoot, Human / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D037061:Metatarsalgia / Q000175:diagnosis*