Presentation
The patient falls from high and twisted his foot accidentally, on examination: there is pain over the right foot, dorsal side at the level of the fifth metatarsal base.
Patient Data
Age: 25 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Jones fracture
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X-ray shows extra-articular non-displaced fracture at the base of the right 5th metatarsal bone.
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X-ray shows extra-articular non-displaced fracture at the base of the right 5th metatarsal bone.
Case Discussion
It is a transverse fracture at the base of the fifth metatarsal, about 15mm distal to the proximal tuberosity at the metadiaphyseal junction with no intra-articular extension, in keeping with Jones fracture.
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