Ms. Simpson has come to the clinic with foot pain. The physician has described her problem as a flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joint. What is the name of this disorder?

Ms. Simpson has come to the clinic with foot pain. The physician has described her problem as a flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joint. What is the name of this disorder?


a) Mallet toe
b) Hallux valgus (bunion)
c) Heberden's nodes
d) Hammer toe


Answer: d) Hammer toe


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