Cuboid fracture

Case contributed by Mohammad Osama Hussein Yonso
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

The patient fell from the ladder for 4 hours, clinical examination: tenderness & swelling of the left foot.

Patient Data

Age: 40 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Left cuboid bone fracture is noted 

Left 3rd metatarsal bone fracture is noted 

Mild soft tissue swelling 

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x-ray

Left cuboid bone fracture is noted (arrow)

Left 3rd metatarsal bone fracture is noted (arrow)

Mild soft tissue swelling 

Case Discussion

Non-displaced fractures and stress fractures are treated with conservative methods of treatment while complex injuries involving complex fractures with significant displacement and intra-articular involvement require anatomic reduction and external or internal osteosynthesis.

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