Accessory ossicles and sesamoid bones: recognition and treatment.
Accessory ossicles and sesamoid bones are normal variants of bone development. In foot and ankle X-rays these bones can appear similar to, or can obscure, fractures, which makes the X-rays difficult to interpret. This article illustrates and describes some of the more common ossicles and sesamoid bones, and provides a brief description of the management of the patients with foot or ankle pain whose X-rays are inconclusive.
Redlands Hospital emergency department, Cleveland, Queensland, Australia.
Anthony
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Summers
D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000451:nursing*; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000451:nursing*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011859:Radiography; D012716:Sesamoid Bones / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000293:injuries*
Foot; X-rays; ankle; bone development; fractures; normal variances; ossicles; pain; sesamoid bones