Multiple toe fractures

Case contributed by Daniel J Bell
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

During exercises at home, swung his leg and hit his right foot on a door handle and now unable to weight bear

Patient Data

Age: 40 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Transverse, non-displaced fractures of the proximal shafts of the right third, fourth and fifth toe proximal phalanges with overlying soft tissue swelling. No intra-articular extension.

x-ray

Cropped images from radiographs of the lateral toes showing the proximal phalangeal fractures more clearly.

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