Turf toe

Case contributed by Salem Bauones
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Metatarsalgia of the big toe which increases after sport's activity and relieves at rest.

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Female
mri

There is high signal intensity of the medial aspect of the plantar plate of great toe, best demonstrated on the coronal and sagittal T2W Fat Sat images. It corresponds to stretching of the medial phalangeo-sesamoid ligament. No retraction of sesamoid bones or edema of flexor hallucis brevis or abductor hallucis.

Case Discussion

Grade 1 turf toe.

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