The antero-posterior (AP) plain radiograph above shows a comminuted fracture through the shaft of the proximal phalanx of the great toe, extending immediately distal to the proximal articular surface of the phalanx.
Reproduced with permission from: Rowe LJ, Yochum TR, Maola CJ. Trauma. In: Yochum and Rowe's Essentials of Skeletal Radiology, 3rd ed, Yochum TR, Rowe LJ (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2005. Copyright © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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