A painful bony prominence on the outside of the fifth toe is referred to as a bunionette. Symptoms usually include chronic pain and swelling at the outer aspect of the fifth toe. It is also common … ...

Patients often have trouble wearing closed shoes, and the fifth toe may deviate toward the inner aspect of the foot. Causes for a bunionette deformity can be multi-factorial.

Medically reviewed by Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD Charcot foot is an uncommon deformity of the foot that happens because of nerve damage, often from diabetes. In Charcot foot, the bones and joints of ...

A bunionette, also known as a tailor’s bunion, is a bony deformity at the base of the fifth metatarsal in the little toe. It bears some similarities to a bunion, a bone deformity that develops ...