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== Background ==
[[File:PMC3390214 ijtmb-5-2-12f1.png|thumb|Morton's neuroma anatomy]]
*AKA interdigital neuralgia
*Morton's neuroma describes benign enlargement of perineurium (neuroma) along the sensory nerves of the toes.

==Clinical Features==
[[File:PMC3390214 ijtmb-5-2-12f2.png|thumb|Dorsal Morton's neuroma]]
*Pain, often nonspecific, burning, or lancinating, around metatarsal heads or toes
*Usually unilateral
*Worse with narrow/closed toe shoes
*May have foreign body sensation like a pebble in their shoe
*Tenderness to palpation on plantar aspect of interdigital space with reproduction of burning pain
**Squeezing interdigital space may produce notable click 

==Differential Diagnosis==
* Metatarsalgia
* [[Toe phalanx fracture]]
* [[Diabetic neuropathy]]
* Baxter's neuropathy
* Tarsal tunnel syndrome

{{Foot diagnoses}}

==Evaluation==
*Clinical diagnosis


==Management==
*Outpatient management may include corrective footwear, local steroid/anesthetic injection, surgical excision

==Disposition==
*Discharge

==See Also==


==External Links==


==References==
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https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/musculoskeletal-and-connective-tissue-disorders/foot-and-ankle-disorders/interdigital-neuralgia

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