Santiago FR, Muñoz PT, Pryest P, Martínez AM, Olleta NP. Role of imaging methods in diagnosis and treatment of Morton’s neuroma. World J Radiol 2018; 10(9): 91-99 [PMID: 30310543 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v10.i9.91]
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Fernando Ruiz Santiago, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Chief Doctor, Radiology Department, Hospital of Neuro-Traumatology (Virgen de las Nieves), Carretera de Jaen SN, Granada 18014, Spain. ferusan12@gmail.com
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
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World J Radiol. Sep 28, 2018; 10(9): 91-99 Published online Sep 28, 2018. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v10.i9.91
Role of imaging methods in diagnosis and treatment of Morton’s neuroma
Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Pablo Tomás Muñoz, Patel Pryest, Alberto Martinez Martínez, Nicolás Prados Olleta
Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Pablo Tomás Muñoz, Alberto Martinez Martínez, Radiology Department, Hospital of Neuro-Traumatology (Virgen de las Nieves), Granada 18014, Spain
Patel Pryest, Radiology Department, North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields NE29 8NH, United Kingdom
Nicolás Prados Olleta, Orthopaedic Department, Hospital of Neuro-Traumatology (Virgen de las Nieves), Granada 18014, Spain
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the conception and design of the study, data acquisition, and manuscript preparation and review.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no real or potential conflicts of interest related to this study or its publication.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Fernando Ruiz Santiago, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Chief Doctor, Radiology Department, Hospital of Neuro-Traumatology (Virgen de las Nieves), Carretera de Jaen SN, Granada 18014, Spain. ferusan12@gmail.com
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Received: April 26, 2018 Peer-review started: April 26, 2018 First decision: June 14, 2018 Revised: July 21, 2018 Accepted: August 4, 2018 Article in press: August 5, 2018 Published online: September 28, 2018
Abstract
Among the many causes of forefoot pain, Morton’s neuroma (MN) is often suspected, particularly in women, due to its high incidence. However, there remain controversies about its relationship with symptomatology and which diagnostic and treatment choices to choose. This article mainly focuses on the role of the various imaging methods and their abilities to support an accurate diagnosis of MN, ruling out other causes of forefoot pain, and as a way of providing targeted imaging-guided therapy for patients with MN.
Core tip: Nowadays, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging provide accurate diagnosis of Morton’s neuroma (MN) and are invaluable tools for ruling out other causes of forefoot pain. This extended review is intended to show the potential of imaging methods for diagnosis as well as treatment of MN.
