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01-07-2015 | Test Yourself: Question
Increasing great toe pain in a patient with soft tissue swelling and nail enlargement
Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 7/2015
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A 16-year-old boy presented with pain and soft tissue swelling of his right great toe. A clinical photograph is shown (Fig. 1). Radiography, CT, and MRI examinations were performed (Fig. 2, 3, and 4). A photomicrograph of the lesion is shown (Fig. 5).
Fig. 1
Clinical photograph
Fig. 2
Radiograph of the great toe
Fig. 3
Representative CT. a Coronal section. b Sagittal section
Fig. 4
Representative coronal MRI. a T1-weighted image. b T2-weighted image. c Short-tau inversion recovery image
Fig. 5
Histological photograph
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