The Great-toe Jerk

PAINFUL SESAMOID OF THE GREAT TOE Dr

The sesamoids are suspended by a sling like mechanism; sesamoid ligaments to the corresponding aspect of metatarsal head. There is no direct connection between sesamoids and flexor hallucis longus tendon that between them. The abductor hallucis and adductor hallucis tendons have fibrous insertions into the tibial and fibular sesamoids respectively. The deep transverse metatarsal ligament attach...

Osteoid osteoma of the great toe.

Osteoid osteoma is a relatively common osteoblastic lesion of benign skeletal neoplasms and occurs most commonly in the cortex of long bones, especially the femur and the tibia. Radiological characteristics are a nidus that appears as a small, relatively radiolucent zone within an area of extensive reactive sclerosis. Clinically, the lesion presents with increasing pain, is worse at night, and ...

Prenatal diagnosis of fetal bifid great toe.

Prenatal identification of hand and foot anomalies is important in view of their association with chromosomal abnormalities and genetic syndromes. In this report we describe the prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of a hallux duplication in a second-trimester detailed scan. To our knowledge, this report documents the first case of this rare form of preaxial polydactyly of the foot to be detecte...

Great Toe-to-Thumb Hemi-Pulp Transfer

Figure 1. Full-thickness defect of the volar aspect of the right distal thumb. DESCRIPTION A 56-year-old right-hand-dominant man sustained an avulsion injury to his right thumb while operating a rotating chain machine, resulting in a full-thickness traumatic defect of the volar aspect of the distal thumb measuring 7 cm 2 (Fig 1).

Acral Hypomelanocytic Melanoma of Left Great Toe: A Rare Cancer