Musculoskeletal Key

A 45-year-old ex-ballerina presents with a painful great toe and dorsal swelling as shown in Figure 14.1. 1 This patient had virtually no movement at her MTP joint. What terms…

A 36-year-old window cleaner presents, having slipped 20 feet off a ladder. He landed awkwardly on his left heel, which immediately became extremely swollen. In casualty a radiograph confirmed that…

A young woman gives birth in midsummer to a daughter. It is immediately evident that the child has severe deformities of both feet (Fig. 1.1). 1 What is the approximate…

A 72-year-old lady presents to the clinic concerned that she was walking on the outside of her foot. Clinical examination shows that she has a chronically discharging leg sinus (Fig….

A normal-looking woman complains that she repeatedly sprains her ankles. Examination reveals that she has marked pes planus and valgus hindfeet (Fig. 42.1). She has extremely flexible fingers, wrists, knees…

This 50-year-old woman presents with patchy loss of pigment over her feet and hands (Fig. 24.1 and Fig. 24.2). 1 What is the most likely cause of hypopigmentation of the…

A 32-year-old rugby union player sustained an injury to his ankle when his foot was forced inwardly during a ruck (Fig. 61.1). For some time, he has been aware of…

This patient regularly has to remove her shoe while shopping. She is a 45-year-old research worker who presents with a sharp, shooting pain in the ball of her left foot…

The lump on the dorsum of this middle-aged man’s foot causes him pain when he is wearing shoes (Fig. 9.1a, b). He wonders if he can have the lump removed….