This page will show some pictures of things that podiatrists can see in
practice.
Double click the pictures to see them larger.
Examine them and see if you have any idea what is going on. Follow the links
and see if you have guessed right.
1.
This is a 60 year old man who presented with a flock of "purple spots"
at the tips of his toes. A few days prior he underwent a coronary angioplasty
(placing a tube in a heart artery and spreading it wider for improved blood
flow). He is not on coumadin - a blood thinner. Answer a
2.
This is a 30ish woman with a 6 month history of swelling of the right 4th toe.
There was no history of trauma, injury or infection. She suffers from migraines,
has psoriasis, gall bladder problems, hip arthritis and ringing in her ears.
What is causing her toe to be swollen.
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This
young woman came to the office complaining of fungus under her right big toe
nail. DOUBLE CLICK on the photo to see what it looks like up close. Note the
color which will help to distinguish it from a fungus infection. -a
Case
4" This person has a very hard bump on the top of the right foot that hurts
in some shoes. After skiing there is numbness from the top of the foot to the
big toe. What is this problem? a
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This
60 year old woman reports that she developed a painful black and blue lesion on
the tip of her right 3rd toe. What is this thing? See a
This
is a 45 year old woman who is worried about little bumps appearing on her heels
when she stands. They do not hurt. Her doctor husband wanted to "cut them
out" but first she wanted to know what they were and if they should really
be removed.
See a
to see if her husband should remove these lesions.
This
is a 55 year old woman who complained that the side of her right foot hurt in
almost every pair of shoes she tried to wear. What is that thing on the side of
her foot?
See a
This
is the leg of a most attractive young lady with a strange multi-colored
fantastic plant on the outside of the right leg. It actually extends from the
ankle to the (very) upper thigh. She is coming in for weekly sclerosing
injections for neuromas and I get to see the leg on days she is not
working. I understand that this one on the left side goes from the lower
calf to (way) above the leg (I'll take her word on that). For a better look at
this leg (and she did give me permission to put this on the web) please click a
This
thing on the outside of Werner's right foot toe has been present for several
months. It has resisted treatment by two other doctors before me. What is it? See
This
bump on the tip of the big toe (double click the picture to get a better view)
belongs to a 12 year old dancer names Porsia. She first noted it about 2 weeks
before her visit. To touch it, the bump is hard, not soft and fleshy. To learn
what it is Double click on -->
This is a photographs of Anna's foot during a bunion surgery. She is an 18 year
old young woman who had a surprise for me when I opened the foot to get to the
bone causing her bunion - she has blue-gray bone. Now what could cause the bone
to be so discolored in an otherwise perfectly healthy young woman? For the
answer double click on -->
