Metatarsalgia is a common problem for many in the community. The condition includes many different entities, such as interdigital neuroma, synovitis or metatarsophalangeal joint instability, Freiberg infarction, stress fractures, and systemic disorders. Many patients presenting with metatarsalgia
Freiberg's infraction is an osteonecrotic disease process that most often involves the head of the second metatarsal. Establishing a diagnosis can be difficult early in the disease course, mimicking such pathologic processes as stress fracture, septic joint infection, tumors, metatarsalgia, various