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Large Subungual Exostosis of the Great Toe

A Case Report

Serhan Unlu 3rd Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

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Tughan Kalkan 3rd Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

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Murat Bozkurt 3rd Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

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A subungual exostosis is a benign lesion described as a variant of an osteochondroma. It mostly affects the great toe, and it can be confused with an osteochondroma and a Nora’s lesion. The curative treatment for a subungual exostosis is complete excision, and the cartilaginous cap must be totally resected to prevent a possible recurrence. In this article, we present findings regarding a large and painful lesion on the dorsomedial aspect of the great toe of a patient. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 100(4): 296–298, 2010)

Corresponding author: Serhan Unlu, MD, 3rd Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, İrfan Baştuğ Street Diskapi, Ankara, 06110 Turkey. (E-mail: serhanunlu@yahoo.com)
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