Biphalangeal fifth toe: an increasingly common variant?

Biphalangeal/triphalangeal fifth toe and impact in the pathology of the fifth ray

BACKGROUND Having reviewed the studies on the biphalangeal fifth toe, we have observed a great disparity of data depending on the research center. We have investigated the frequency of biphalangeal toes and also its handedness. We have also analyzed the relationship of pathological deviations of fifth toe with this feature and with the fifth metatarsal. METHODS We performed a descriptive pros...

Varus fifth toe.

E. W. Morris, FRCS, Senior Orthopaedic Registrar, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 OSF, Scotland. J. E. Scullion, FRCS, Senior Orthopaedic Registrar, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB9 8AU, Scotland. T. S. Mann, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 OSF, Scotland. Requests for reprints should be sent ...

Butler's operation for an over-riding fifth toe.

Functional gallbladder disorder: an increasingly common diagnosis.

Functional gallbladder disorder is a motility disorder of the gallbladder that results in decreased gallbladder contractility and colicky pain. The term is used to cover a constellation of symptoms that have led to their codification in the Rome III criteria (Table 1).1 Previously, functional gallbladder disorder was called chronic acalculous cholecystitis, acalculous cholecystitis, biliary dys...

Simple Operation for the Overlapping Fifth Toe.

Carcinoma of the bronchus has not been described as producing antibodies to other substances, and there is no evidence of this in the present case. The failure of serum taken after the tumour was irradiated to inhibit iron utilization suggests that the tumour was the site of production of the abnormal substance. The possible effect of storage on this serum cannot, however, be disregarded. The f...