Morton's neuroma - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Mar 25, 2023 · Morton's neuroma is a painful condition that affects the ball of your foot, most commonly the area between your third and fourth toes. Morton's neuroma may feel as if you are standing on a pebble in your shoe or on a fold in your sock. Morton's neuroma involves a thickening of the tissue around one of the nerves leading to your toes.
Morton's neuroma - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Mar 25, 2023 · Some imaging tests are more useful than others in the diagnosis of Morton's neuroma: X-rays. Your doctor is likely to order X-rays of your foot to rule out other causes of your pain — such as a stress fracture. Ultrasound. This technology uses sound waves to create real-time images of internal structures.
Morton's Neuroma - Physiopedia
Morton's Neuroma (MN) is a condition associated with the common plantar digital nerves, caused by entrapment of the nerve and repetitive traction underneath the deep transverse metatarsal ligament leading to epineural and perineural fibrous overgrowth [1]
Morton’s Neuroma: Causes, Treatment, and More - Healthline
Aug 15, 2018 · Morton’s neuroma is a benign but painful condition that affects the ball of the foot. It’s also called an intermetatarsal neuroma because it’s located in the ball of the foot between your...
Morton's Neuroma - OrthoInfo - AAOS
Morton's neuroma is a condition that involves a thickening of the tissue that surrounds the digital nerve leading to the toes. If you have the condition, it may feel like you are "walking on a marble," and you may have persistent pain in the ball of your foot.
Morton Neuroma - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
May 22, 2023 · Morton neuroma is a compressive neuropathy of the interdigital nerve in the forefoot due to compression and constant irritation at the plantar aspect of the transverse intermetatarsal ligament. It is not a true neuroma as the condition is …
Morton's neuroma - Wikipedia
Morton's neuroma is a benign neuroma of an intermetatarsal plantar nerve, most commonly of the second and third intermetatarsal spaces (between the second/third and third/fourth metatarsal heads; the first is of the big toe), which results in the entrapment of the affected nerve.
Morton's Neuroma - MedicineNet
Jun 19, 2023 · A Morton's neuroma is a swollen, inflamed nerve located between the bones at the ball of the foot. The most common location of Morton's neuroma is in either the second or the third spacing from the base of the big toe.
Pathology Outlines - Morton neuroma
Sep 7, 2023 · Morton neuroma is a nonneoplastic, degenerative neuropathy with a strong predilection for the third interdigital nerve of the foot
Morton neuroma | Radiology Reference Article - Radiopaedia.org
Aug 7, 2024 · Morton neuromas, also known as interdigital or intermetatarsal neuromas, are focal areas of symptomatic perineural fibrosis around a common plantar digital nerve of the foot. The condition is thought to be due to chronic entrapment of the nerve by the intermetatarsal ligament.