Concomitant dislocation of the tarsometatarsal and metatarsophalangeal joints of the second toe (floating second metatarsal):​ a case report

Mobarake, Mahmood Karimi; Saied, Alireza; Baron, Elisabeth

Affiliations

¹Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

¹Orthopedics Dept, Dr. Bahonar Hospital, Kerman Neuroscience research center, Kerman, Iran

¹Brigham & Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02116, USA

Abstract

When examining patients with injuries of the tarsometatarsal joint, the physician must pay attention to the foot as a whole.

An extremely rare foot injury has been described in which axial and compressive forces cause simultaneous dislocation of the tarsometatarsal joint and the metatarsophalangeal joint of the same or adjacent ray. The following is a report of one of these rare injuries.

We will also discuss probable mechanism and diagnosis of this rare traumatic injury.

Links

DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-39

PubMed: 19134219

PubMedCentral: PMC2628643

History

Received: 2008-11-26

Accepted: 2009-01-10

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