A Jones fracture is a fracture to the base of the fifth metatarsal bone at metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction. A Jones fracture is located within 1.5 cm distal to tuberosity of 5th metatarsal base and should not be confused with the more common avulsion fracture of the styloid process of the fifth metatarsal. It was first described in 1902 by Sir Robert Jones in a paper called "Fractures of the Base of the First Metatarsal Bone by Indirect Violence." He had the fracture himself.
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