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Soccer player with painful toe

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An x-ray revealed the source of the toe nodule and the nail dystrophy.


 

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A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL presented to the clinic with a 1-year history of a slow-growing mass on the third toe of her right foot. As a soccer player, she experienced associated pain when kicking the ball or when wearing tight-fitting shoes. The lesion was otherwise asymptomatic. She denied any overt trauma to the area and indicated that the mass had enlarged over the previous year.

On exam, there was a nontender 8 × 8-mm firm nodule underneath the nail with associated nail dystrophy (FIGURE 1). The toe had full mobility, sensation was intact, and capillary refill time was < 2 seconds.

Nodule on third toe leading to nail dystrophy

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