Neuroma under the fifth metatarsal head: A retrospective study

• Autores: José Valero Salas, J. Gallart, D. González, L. Agustín, R. Marquina, Joan Deus Yela, M. Lahoz
• Localización: Histology and histopathology: cellular and molecular biology, ISSN-e 1699-5848, ISSN 0213-3911, Vol. 27, Nº. 8, 2012, págs. 1103-1107
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This retrospective study was carried out over 83 surgical cases at the distal portion of the fifth metatarsal, compromising the treatment of tailor�s bunion, fifth metatarsal overload and the concomitant presence of both pathologies in some cases. Neuromas were founded under the fifth metatarsal head in 18 of the cases studied (21.7%). The results look at whether if there is an association between different fifth metatarsal pathologies and the presence of neuromas and found a significant association between the appearance of neuromas in patients with the same metatarsal overload, especially if it is accompanied by a tailor�s bunion pathology.