| Abstract: | A. M. Freiberg described a condition in which a collapse of the juvenile second metatarsal head gave rise to localized pain and swelling.1 This eponymous disease is traditionally classed as one of the osteochondroses: a group of disparate lesions which typically manifest as destruction of an immature epiphysis. A medieval second metatarsal is presented, which by osteological and radiological examination is diagnostic of Freiberg's infraction. Apparently, this is the first evidence that the condition is not confined to modern day populations.2 |
