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*Morton's neuroma describes benign enlargement of perineurium (neuroma) along the sensory nerves of the toes. | *Morton's neuroma describes benign enlargement of perineurium (neuroma) along the sensory nerves of the toes. | ||
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* Baxter's neuropathy | * Baxter's neuropathy | ||
* Tarsal tunnel syndrome | * Tarsal tunnel syndrome | ||
{{Foot diagnoses}} | |||
==Evaluation== | ==Evaluation== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/musculoskeletal-and-connective-tissue-disorders/foot-and-ankle-disorders/interdigital-neuralgia | |||
[[Category:Sports Medicine]] | [[Category:Sports Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Orthopedics]] | [[Category:Orthopedics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:54, 11 February 2020
Background
- AKA interdigital neuralgia
- Morton's neuroma describes benign enlargement of perineurium (neuroma) along the sensory nerves of the toes.
Clinical Features
- Pain, often nonspecific, burning, or lancinating, around metatarsal heads or toes
- Usually unilateral
- Worse with narrow/closed toe shoes
- May have foreign body sensation like a pebble in their shoe
- Tenderness to palpation on plantar aspect of interdigital space with reproduction of burning pain
- Squeezing interdigital space may produce notable click
Differential Diagnosis
- Metatarsalgia
- Toe phalanx fracture
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Baxter's neuropathy
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Foot diagnoses
Acute
- Foot and toe fractures
- Subtalar dislocation
- Metatarsophalangeal joint sprain (turf toe)
- Acute arterial ischemia
- Calcaneal bursitis
Subacute/Chronic
- Diabetic foot infection
- Peripheral artery disease
- Plantar fasciitis
- Trench foot
- Ingrown toenail
- Paronychia
- Tinea pedis
- Morton's neuroma
- Diabetic neuropathy
Evaluation
- Clinical diagnosis
Management
- Outpatient management may include corrective footwear, local steroid/anesthetic injection, surgical excision
Disposition
- Discharge