Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi suffered a foot fracture during his side’s 2-0 win at Empoli on Saturday. ... which showed ‘a fracture to the fifth proximal phalanx in his left foot’.

A radiograph of the patient's foot revealed a fracture in the first phalanx (Fig. 1, arrow). ... Atraumatic fracture of proximal first phalanx. Matthias Bramkamp, Mark Schärer. CMAJ Sep 2006, 175 (7) ...

Background Proximal fifth metatarsal stress fractures (so called Jones fractures) usually occur due to chronic repetitive forces. Soccer players on the status of incomplete fracture don't complain ...