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A 45-Year-Old Patient Has a Small, Firm, Mobile Tumor on the Dorsum

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A 45-year-old patient has a small, firm, mobile tumor on the dorsum of the right foot just proximal to the base of the big toe and superficial to the bones and the long extensor tendon but deep to the superficial fascia. The patient has a neurofibroma of a digital nerve
-The following information concerning the tumor is correct:


A) It is situated on the lower surface of the foot close to the root of the big toe.
B) It is attached to the first metatarsal bone.
C) On palpation, it moves more freely from medial to lateral than from proximal to distal.
D) It lies deep to the tendon of the extensor hallucis longus muscle.
E) It is attached to the capsule of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe.

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