Case: Bone & joint disease radiograph #49213095
Bone & joint disease Advanced
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: James Heilman, MD via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Freiberg disease
What to look for in freiberg disease
- Flattening, sclerosis and fragmentation of a metatarsal head, most often the second.
- Later, joint space narrowing and secondary osteoarthritis.
- Typically affects adolescent girls.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): Freiberg disease
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
