Complete sesamoid agenesis: A rare cause of first ray metatarsalgia

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-467

  Williams, Timothy H D ^a,b   Pasapula, Chandra ^a   Robinson, Andrew H N ^a  

^a Orthopaedics ^*

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absent; Agenesis; Metatarsalgia; Metatarsophalangeal; Sesamoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METATARSALGIA; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESAMOID BONE;

EID: 65749116779     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI-2009-0465     Document Type: Article

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