Freiberg's disease is a relatively rare disorder with a multifactorial
cause. The condition has a definite predilection for the second metat
arsal head, and it is rare to find a bilateral involvement, especially
of the first metatarsal head described in the literature. The results
of different methods of surgical treatment have been reported, but no
single procedure has produced uniformly good results. We describe a c
ase of a 28-year-old man, a lawyer with a 4-year history of bilateral
intermittent forefoot pain on weightbearing without any recollection o
f specific trauma to his feet. Radiographic and magnetic resonance ima
ging investigations were performed and the patient underwent a bilater
al arthroscopic treatment with joint debridement and drilling of the m
etaphyseal portion of both distal metatarsal head. Three months after
surgery, the patient returned to unrestricted activity without pain. A
t last evaluation, 2 years postoperatively, he is symptom free and new
magnetic resonance examination has shown satisfactory restructuring o
f the lesions.