1 The differential diagnosis for an acute monoarthritis of the first phalangeal joint includes gout, pseudogout, infection, osteomyelitis, cellulitis, trauma and fracture. Besides fracture, other ...

The big toe or hallux contains only two phalanges, which are proximal and ... with the stress on the foot. When this happens, microfractures can develop into stress fractures.

Bone mass studies have recently revitalized the use of metacarpal radiogrammetry to assess cortical bone mass and fracture risk ... we assessed AD-SoS at proximal phalanges of the hand in children ...