• Am J. Orthop. · Jul 1998

    Case Reports

    The empty toe phenomenon: a type of closed degloving.

    • J D Flaherty, D A Evans, and P R Danahy.
    • State University of New York, Buffalo School of Medicine, USA.
    • Am J. Orthop. 1998 Jul 1;27(7):524-5.

    AbstractA 46-year-old man sustained a crush injury, including several phalangeal fractures and vascular disruption, when his left foot was run over by a forklift truck. Although the skin was not broken, the middle and distal phalanges of his second toe were displaced, appearing absent on radiography. This was a closed degloving injury, a rare form of trauma involving tissue separation without skin disruption. Closed degloving injuries, which can occur in conjunction with bone displacement in the toes, can produce a striking radiographic appearance, referred to in this report as the "empty toe."

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