2013
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2012.10.015
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Osteitis of the Fourth Metatarsal Caused by a Date Palm Thorn in a Child: Why the Dorsum of the Foot Is the Most Commonly Injured Site

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“…Most of the previously reported cases of foreign bodies retained in the foot bones occurred in the metatarsal bones (4,5), and a case of a wooden foreign body retained in the calcaneus has rarely been reported (6). The soft tissue in the forefoot and the midfoot is thinner and softer than that in the heel, and therefore, the foreign body can easily reach the bone.…”
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“…Most of the previously reported cases of foreign bodies retained in the foot bones occurred in the metatarsal bones (4,5), and a case of a wooden foreign body retained in the calcaneus has rarely been reported (6). The soft tissue in the forefoot and the midfoot is thinner and softer than that in the heel, and therefore, the foreign body can easily reach the bone.…”
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“…As far as the English literatures are concerned, thorns, glass, needles or wooden fragments are the main foreign bodies that are retained in the foot or hand (3). Most of the foreign bodies are found in the metatarsal bones (4,5), and a wooden foreign body retained in the calcaneus has rarely been reported (6).…”
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