A CASE REPORT- BILATERAL BRACHY METATARSIA OF FOURTH TOE
Dave Pranav K.*, Gupta V., Jain M., Mishra R., Bapat M., Khandelwal K., Gupta P., Patidar A., Wandre A., Jain B. K., Saxena S., Anand S. and Dave C.
ABSTRACT
Metatarsal bones are five small bones of foot present between the tarsal bones and phalanges of the foot. Brachy means small. Hypoplasia of metatarasal bone means the bone is small in size with the normal growth. Usual presentation is small size of toe in young age with associated deformity and pain. Incidence of brachymetatarsia is one in 2000 population. More common in females. It’s incidence is high in Down's syndrome and with other genetic disorders. In our case there was small size of 4th metatarsal bone in both foot in young 8 yrs female. No other associated abnormality was seen in this case. Sibling and other family members were normal.
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