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Description: Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
refers to flexion posture of DIP;
- may occur as isolated disorder or along w/ hammer toe deformity;
- this deformity occurs most often in 2nd toe, which is frequently the longest & which is impinged in a tight fitting shoe, causing DIP flexion;
- mallet toe is common in diabetics with peripheral neuropathy, and end corns in this population may become infected

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Tue Oct 23 2007