Lateral foot x-ray with metatarsal shaft fracture

The arrow indicates a fracture of the third metatarsal. However, the lateral view is less useful than the oblique and AP views because of overlapping of the metatarsals.

AP: anterior-posterior.

Courtesy of Robert L Hatch, MD, MPH and James R Clugston, MD, MS.

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