{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,14]],"date-time":"2026-10-14T10:24:04Z","timestamp":1791973444393,"version":"4.4.0"},"reference-count":28,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[1999,3,1]],"date-time":"1999-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":920246400000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Foot Ankle Int."],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[1999,3]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>The results of 79 high resolution ultrasound examinations of the forefoot that were performed for suspected Morton's metatarsalgia were retrospectively assessed. Scans were only obtained if the pain was poorly localized or if there were atypical features that made the clinical diagnosis uncertain. Ultrasound detected 92 hypoechoic intermetatarsal web space masses in 63 patients. Surgery was performed on 23 web spaces in 22 patients where the response to nonsurgical management had been poor. The surgical specimens were retrieved and reviewed by a pathologist in 21 cases. The histopathology in 20 of 21 operated cases was that of Morton's neuroma; however, prominent mucoid degeneration was also found to involve the adjacent loose fibroadipose tissues in 19 of 20 neuroma specimens. Ultrasound was sensitive in the detection of web space abnormality (sensitivity, 0.95), but could not clearly separate Morton's neuroma from associated mass-like mucoid degeneration in the adjacent loose connective tissues. The implications of these observations for both diagnosis and treatment are discussed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/107110079902000303","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,3,3]],"date-time":"2013-03-03T03:31:12Z","timestamp":1362281472000},"page":"153-161","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":71,"title":["Morton's Metatarsalgia: Sonographic Findings and Correlated Histopathology"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"John W.","family":"Read","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Diagnostic Radiologist, North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jennifer B.","family":"Noakes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Diagnostic Radiologist, North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Kerr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Diagnostic Radiologist, Radiology Department, Saint Georges Private Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kenneth J.","family":"Crichton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sports Physician, North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"H. Kim","family":"Slater","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopaedic Surgeon, North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre, Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fiona","family":"Bonar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Histopathologist, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1999,3,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-107110079902000303","first-page":"103","volume":"10","author":"Alexander I.J.","year":"1987","journal-title":"Morton's neuroma: a review of recent concepts"},{"key":"bibr2-107110079902000303","first-page":"214","volume":"167","author":"Awerbuch M.S.","year":"1982","journal-title":"Morton's metatarsalgia due to intermetatarsophalangeal bursi-tis as an early manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis"},{"key":"bibr3-107110079902000303","unstructured":"3. Baxter D.E.: The Foot and Ankle in Sport. St. Louis, Mosby-Year Book, 1995, pp. 229\u2013231."},{"key":"bibr4-107110079902000303","first-page":"184","volume":"62","author":"Bossley C.J.","year":"1980","journal-title":"The intermetatarsophalangeal bursa: its significance in Morton's metatarsalgia"},{"key":"bibr5-107110079902000303","first-page":"421","volume":"64","author":"Bourke G.","year":"1994","journal-title":"Histological comparison of the third interdigital nerve in patients with Morton's metatarsalgia and control patients"},{"key":"bibr6-107110079902000303","first-page":"13","volume":"9","author":"Chauveaux D.","year":"1987","journal-title":"The supratrans-verse intermetatarsocapital bursa: a description and its relation to painful syndromes of the forefoot"},{"key":"bibr7-107110079902000303","first-page":"833","volume":"181","author":"Erickson S.J.","year":"1991","journal-title":"Interdigital (Morton's) neuroma: high-resolution MR imaging with a solenoid coil"},{"key":"bibr8-107110079902000303","first-page":"75","volume":"254","author":"Fukuda H.","year":"1990","journal-title":"Pathology and pathogenesis of bursal-side rotator cuff tears viewed from en bloc histologic sections"},{"key":"bibr9-107110079902000303","first-page":"151","volume":"5","author":"Graham C.E.","year":"1984","journal-title":"Morton's neuroma: a microscopic evaluation"},{"key":"bibr10-107110079902000303","first-page":"142","volume":"185","author":"Greenfield J.","year":"1984","journal-title":"Morton's interdigital neuroma: indications for treatment by local injections versus surgery"},{"key":"bibr11-107110079902000303","first-page":"586","volume":"66","author":"Guiloff R.J.","year":"1984","journal-title":"Morton's metatarsalgia: clinical, electrophysiological, and histological observations"},{"key":"bibr12-107110079902000303","first-page":"172","volume":"2","author":"Jones A.R.","year":"1996","journal-title":"Chronic Achilles tendinitis: magnetic resonance imaging and his-topathologic correlation"},{"key":"bibr13-107110079902000303","first-page":"821","volume":"200","author":"Khan K.M.","year":"1996","journal-title":"Patellar tendinosis Gumper's knee): findings at histopathological examination, US and MR imaging"},{"key":"bibr14-107110079902000303","first-page":"837","volume":"181","author":"Kjellin I.","year":"1991","journal-title":"Alterations in the supraspinatus tendon at MR imaging: correlation with histopathologic findings in cadavers"},{"key":"bibr15-107110079902000303","first-page":"73","volume":"142","author":"Lassman G.","year":"1979","journal-title":"Morton's toe: clinical, light and electron microscopic investigations in 133 cases"},{"key":"bibr16-107110079902000303","first-page":"79","volume":"19","author":"Levine S.E.","year":"1998","journal-title":"Ultrasonographic diagnosis of recurrence after excision of an interdigital neuroma"},{"key":"bibr17-107110079902000303","first-page":"94","volume":"33","author":"Mulder J.D.","year":"1951","journal-title":"The causative mechanism in Morton's metatarsalgia"},{"key":"bibr18-107110079902000303","first-page":"534","volume":"31","author":"Pollack R.A.","year":"1992","journal-title":"Sonographic analysis of Morton's neuroma"},{"key":"bibr19-107110079902000303","first-page":"43","volume":"196","author":"Potter H.G.","year":"1995","journal-title":"Lateral epicondylitis: correlation of MR imaging, surgical, and histopathologic findings"},{"key":"bibr20-107110079902000303","first-page":"415","volume":"171","author":"Redd R.A.","year":"1989","journal-title":"Morton's neuroma: sonographic evaluation"},{"key":"bibr21-107110079902000303","first-page":"746","volume":"20","author":"Regan W.","year":"1992","journal-title":"Microscopic histopathology of chronic refractory lateral epicondylitis"},{"key":"bibr22-107110079902000303","first-page":"88","volume":"15","author":"Resch S.","year":"1994","journal-title":"The diagnostic efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography in Morton's neuroma: a radiological-surgical correlation"},{"key":"bibr23-107110079902000303","first-page":"604","volume":"16","author":"Shapiro P.P.","year":"1995","journal-title":"Sonographic evaluation of interdigital neuromas"},{"key":"bibr24-107110079902000303","first-page":"296","volume":"271","author":"Shereff M.J.","year":"1991","journal-title":"Electron microscopic analysis of the interdigital neuroma"},{"key":"bibr25-107110079902000303","first-page":"239","volume":"189","author":"Terk M.R.","year":"1993","journal-title":"Morton neuroma: evaluation with MR imaging performed with contrast enhancement and fat suppression"},{"key":"bibr26-107110079902000303","first-page":"244","volume":"30","author":"Turan I.","year":"1991","journal-title":"Computed tomography for diagnosis of Morton's neuroma"},{"key":"bibr27-107110079902000303","first-page":"529","volume":"168","author":"Zanetti M.","year":"1997","journal-title":"Efficacy of MR imaging in patients suspected of having Morton's neuroma"},{"key":"bibr28-107110079902000303","first-page":"516","volume":"203","author":"Zanetti M.","year":"1997","journal-title":"Morton neuroma and fluid in the intermetatarsal bursae on MR images of 70 asymptomatic volunteers"}],"container-title":["Foot &amp; Ankle International"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/107110079902000303","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/107110079902000303","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/107110079902000303","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,28]],"date-time":"2026-04-28T21:19:05Z","timestamp":1777411145000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/107110079902000303"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[1999,3]]},"references-count":28,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[1999,3]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/107110079902000303"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/107110079902000303","relation":{},"ISSN":["1071-1007","1944-7876"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1071-1007","type":"print"},{"value":"1944-7876","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[1999,3]]}}}