%0 Journal Article %T Does Greek Foot Predispose to Mortons Neuroma? %A Christopher Jump %A Michael Rice %A Daniel Gheorghiu %A Jordi Sanchez-Ballester %J Open Journal of Orthopedics %P 176-182 %@ 2164-3016 %D 2014 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojo.2014.47029 %X Background: Mortons neuroma is the enlargement of an interdigital nerve most commonly located between the third and fourth metatarsals. Greek foot is a normal variant where the first metatarsal is shorter than the second metatarsal. To our knowledge, there is currently no reported association between Greek foot and Mortons neuroma in the literature. Methods: Retrospective study of 184 patients. Two separate cohorts were recruited. Cohort A comprised of 100 randomly selected asymptomatic patients. Cohort B comprised of 84 patients with a history of foot pain and histologically confirmed Mortons neuroma. Foot shape was determined by using a self-assessment tool and plain radiographs. Statistical analyses were performed using the Chi-square test on the association between Greek foot and Mortons neuroma. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Our study shows a statistically significant association between Greek foot and Mortons neuroma with a prevalence of Greek foot in Cohort A of 20% and in Cohort B of 63%. (p = 2.6 10<sup>9</sup>). Conclusions: This study has shown a possible association between the presence of a Greek foot and the presence of Mortons neuroma. Although our study design has limitations and does not allow full statistical analysis, we do believe that the shown association between Greek foot and Mortons neuroma can help clinicians and other health care providers in establishing the diagnosis of Mortons neuroma in patients with a painful foot. %K Mortons Neuroma %K Greek Foot %K Egyptian Foot %K Foot Pain %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47949