Diagnosaurus
Foot pain
DDx
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- Arterial insufficiency
DDX
- Ingrown toenail
- Bunions, corns, calluses, warts
- Plantar fasciitis
- Morton’s neuroma
- Metatarsalgia, eg, rheumatoid arthritis
- Pes planus (flatfoot)
- Bursitis of first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint (inflamed bunion)
- Metatarsal stress fracture
- Arthritis, eg, gout, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis
- Poorly fitting shoes
- Lumbar disk herniation
- Achilles tendinitis
- Retrocalcaneal bursitis
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Peripheral neuropathy, eg, diabetes mellitus, alcoholism
- Arterial insufficiency
- Diabetic or arterial insufficiency ulcer with or without osteomyelitis
- Polyarteritis nodosa, thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease), Raynaud’s syndrome
- Erythromelalgia
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Last updated: February 24, 2015
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Foot Pain." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114032/all/Foot_pain.
Zeiger RFR. Foot pain. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114032/all/Foot_pain. Accessed November 3, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Foot pain. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114032/all/Foot_pain
Zeiger RFR. Foot Pain [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2025 November 03]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114032/all/Foot_pain.
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