Recalcitrant heel pain. Traumatic fibrosis versus heel neuroma

Abstract

In 1977, Davidson et al wrote an article entitled "Heel Neuroma." Since that time there has been a strong debate on whether the heel neuroma actually exists. The authors present a study of 14 patients presenting with recalcitrant heel pain. Each patient underwent surgical excision of a plantar heel mass. Two patients had bilateral procedures. Preoperative findings are compared with postoperative results. All of the patients experienced at least 75% relief, and the overall satisfaction rate was 79%.

Inferior heel pain in soccer players: a retrospective study with a proposal for guidelines of treatment

“…The main nerves affected in heel pain are the posterior tibial (in tarsal tunnel syndrome), 9 the medial calcaneal (heel neuroma), 10 the medial plantar and the lateral plantar including the first branch to abductor digiti minimi, 11 and the sural (including lateral calcaneal) nerves.…”