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==Morton neuroma==
==Morton neuroma==
:[[AKA]] ''plantar interdigital neuroma''.<ref name=pmid22995258>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Makki | first1 = D. | last2 = Haddad | first2 = BZ. | last3 = Mahmood | first3 = Z. | last4 = Shahid | first4 = MS. | last5 = Pathak | first5 = S. | last6 = Garnham | first6 = I. | title = Efficacy of corticosteroid injection versus size of plantar interdigital neuroma. | journal = Foot Ankle Int | volume = 33 | issue = 9 | pages = 722-6 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2012.0722 | PMID = 22995258 }}</ref>
:[[AKA]] ''plantar interdigital neuroma''.<ref name=pmid22995258>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Makki | first1 = D. | last2 = Haddad | first2 = BZ. | last3 = Mahmood | first3 = Z. | last4 = Shahid | first4 = MS. | last5 = Pathak | first5 = S. | last6 = Garnham | first6 = I. | title = Efficacy of corticosteroid injection versus size of plantar interdigital neuroma. | journal = Foot Ankle Int | volume = 33 | issue = 9 | pages = 722-6 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2012.0722 | PMID = 22995258 }}</ref>
===General===
{{Main|Morton neuroma}}
*Benign foot condition.
*Uncommon.
*Usu. interdigital nerves.
 
Etiology:
*Indirect nerve trauma.
 
Clinical:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4>{{Ref Sternberg4|243}}</ref>
*Foot pain.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg4>{{Ref Sternberg4|243}}</ref>
*Extensive fibrosis around and within the nerve.
*Digital artery:
**+/-[[Thrombosis]].
**+/-Arterial thickening.
 
DDx:
*[[Traumatic neuroma]].
*[[Plexiform neurofibroma]].
 
Images:
*[http://www.tumorlibrary.com/case/detail.jsp?image_id=2324 Morton neuroma (tumorlibrary.com)].
*[http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S1027811711000863-gr1.jpg Perineural fibrosis (els-cdn.com)].<ref>URL: [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811711000863 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811711000863]. Accessed on: 27 December 2012.</ref>
 
===Sign out===
<pre>
LESION, THIRD WEB SPACE OF RIGHT FOOT ("MORTON'S NEUROMA"), EXCISION:
- CONSISTENT WITH MORTON'S NEUROMA.
</pre>
 
====Micro====
The sections show soft tissue with larger nerves with extensive fibrosis around and within the nerve. There is no significant nuclear atypia. Mitotic activity is not readily apparent.


=See also=
=See also=
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