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Bunionette eMedicine Orthopedics

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Location: http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic468.htm

Description: Authors Brown, Cullen & Ferris
Synonyms and related keywords: tailor's bunion, fifth metatarsalgia, opposite side bunion
A bunionette is a painful prominence on the lateral aspect of the fifth metatarsal head. While not as common as a medial bunion, it is a cause of chronic pain and shoe-fitting problems in individuals whose feet are characterized by a widened forefoot or in those who have a lateral splaying or prominence over the fifth metatarsal.

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Brown, Cullen & Ferris
Institution: eMedicine
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Language: English

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Added: Mon Oct 22 2007