Reason: evaluating right great toe for mass, lesion, foreign body History: pt with right great toe pain on plantar aspect, swelling x several weeks, now c/o numbness on medial aspect. X-rays unremarkable. no redness, warmth, no skin changes, no nail involvement There is a small circumferential fluid within the flexor hallucis longus tendon sheath which may represent a mild tenosynovitis. No bone marrow signal abnormality is identified. The alignment is anatomic. There is a small amount of fluid within the first MTP joint which may represent a very mild synovitis. The flexor and extensor tendons appear intact. The imaged soft tissues of the toe and right foot otherwise appear normal.
Findings indicating a very mild tenosynovitis of the flexor hallucis longus and synovitis of the first MTP joint. Otherwise no findings to account for the patient's pain.