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Freiberg disease complicating unrelated trauma
R Binek1, E M Levinsohn, F Bersani
1Department of Radiology, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY 13210.
Orthopedics
|May 1, 1988
Summary
Freiberg's infraction is a disorder of bone development in the metatarsal head. This condition, characterized by avascular necrosis, may result from microfractures due to abnormal foot stress after trauma or surgery.
Area of Science:
- Orthopedics
- Radiology
- Pathology
Background:
- Freiberg's infraction involves avascular necrosis of the metatarsal head.
- It is characterized by disordered chondrogenesis and osteogenesis in normal bone.