Patient is a 69 year old African American female with complaints of a painful swollen toe. Patient stated that a few months prior she had been prescribed allopurinol and colchicine by her PCP for treatment of gout but the pain was still persisting. Upon taking radiographs of the affected foot we discovered an implant located within the proximal phalanx of the right hallux. Patient stated that she had foot surgery about 10-15 years ago for reasons she could not remember.Patient was taken to surgery and the implant was removed. The joint was cleaned up, the void in the proximal phalanx was filled using Osteosponge, and a single K-Wire was then used to fixate.
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