A 30-Year-Old Man with an Unusually Large Untreated Plantar Fibrolipoma That Disrupted Ambulation and Required Operative Excision.

A 30-year-old man working as a waiter presented with a progressively enlarging and symptomatic soft-tissue mass on the plantar medial aspect of his left foot. The mass was painful and disrupting ambulation, despite footwear modifications. He ultimately underwent excision of what was a determined to be a fibrolipoma, returning to his regular shoes and all activities.

Angioleiomyoma (Vascular Leiomyoma) Presenting as a Pseudoaneurysm of the Tibialis Posterior Artery.

Reported here is the case of a 55-year-old woman presenting to a podiatry clinic with a chief complaint of left heel and ankle pain, who ultimately underwent operative excision of an angioleiomyoma adjacent to the tibialis posterior artery at the level of the medial malleolus. Accompanying this case are images from three modalities through which the defining characteristics of an angioleiomyoma can be appreciated. This case advocates for the inclusion of angioleiomyoma in the preoperative differential diagnosis of a mass presenting as a pseudoaneurysm in the lower extremity, particularly among women in the fourth to sixth decades of life.

Foot Pain in Relation to Ipsilateral and Contralateral Lower-Extremity Pain in a Population-Based Study.

Background: Clinical observations note that foot pain can be linked to contralateral pain at the knee or hip, yet we are unaware of any community-based studies that have investigated the sidedness of pain. Because clinic-based patient samples are often different from the general population, the purpose of this study was to determine whether knee or hip pain is more prevalent with contralateral foot pain than with ipsilateral foot pain in a population-based cohort.

Methods: Framingham Foot Study participants (2002-2008) with information on foot, knee, and hip pain were included in this cross-sectional analysis.

Ultrasound diagnosis and evaluation of plantar heel pain.

Background: One of the most common causes of heel pain is plantar fasciitis; however, there are other pathologic disorders that can mimic the symptoms and clinical presentation of this disorder. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively review the prevalence of various pathologic disorders on ultrasound in patients with proximal plantar heel pain.

Methods: The medical records and diagnostic ultrasound reports of patients presenting with plantar heel pain between March 1, 2006, and March 31, 2007, were reviewed retrospectively, and the prevalence of various etiologies was collected.

Ankle Impingement Caused by an Intra-articular Plica: A Report of 2 Cases.

Unlabelled: Entrapment of soft tissues in the anterolateral gutter of the ankle can cause impingement. When symptomatic, patients complain of chronic ankle pain exacerbated with dorsiflexion. Symptoms of instability and a history of recurring ankle sprains are common findings.

The occurrence of ipsilateral or contralateral foot disorders and hand dominance: the Framingham foot study.

Background: To our knowledge, hand dominance and side of foot disorders has not been described in the literature. We sought to evaluate whether hand dominance was associated with ipsilateral foot disorders in community-dwelling older men and women.

Methods: Data were from the Framingham Foot Study (N = 2,089, examined 2002-2008).