J Korean Foot Ankle Soc.  2006 Jun;10(1):80-83.

The Comparison of Ultrasonographic Size of Morton's Neuroma measured to Actual Size

• Kim JY
• Lee KT
• Young KW
• Son SW

Abstract

PURPOSE: To compare ultrasonographic size of morton's neuroma measured to actual size
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Thirty-two (twenty-eight patients) of symptomic Morton's neuroma were measured by ultrasonography preoperatively and by manual method that designed by authors intraoperatively from January, 2002 to May, 2003. Two results were stastically compared by paired T-test
RESULTS
Except one, all of cases were women and the mean age of patients was 50.6 years (32-62 years). The most common associated disease was hallux valgus deformity (17 cases). Six of Morton's neuromas located on second intermetatarsal space, sixteen of them did third intemetatarsal space and ten of neuromas located simultaneously second and third intermetatarsal space. The ultrasonographic size of neuroma averaged 3.48 mm and real size was 3.99 mm. The size checked by manual method was larger than by ultrasound with statical meaning
CONCLUSION
The size of Morton's interdigital neuroma checked by ultrasonography on plantar aspect is smaller than real size. If you checked Morton's interdigital neuroma size by ultrasonography, you can suspect that real size of Morton's interdigital neuroma is larger than that size.

Keyword

Morton's neuroma; Ultrasonography

MeSH Terms

Congenital Abnormalities
Female
Hallux Valgus
Humans
Neuroma*
Ultrasonography