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Os supratalare

Last revised by Andrew Murphy ◉ on 21 Jan 2024

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Mous A, Murphy A, Ashraf A, et al. Os supratalare. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 08 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1782

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1782

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/1782

rID:

1782

Article created:

2 May 2008, Anon Ny Mous

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Anon Ny Mous had no recorded disclosures.

Last revised:

21 Jan 2024, Andrew Murphy ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Andrew Murphy had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

Revisions:

14 times, by 9 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Sections:

Anatomy

Tags:

ossicle, normal, variant

An os supratalare is an accessory ossicle of the foot located at the superior aspect of the talar head or neck.

It's a rare variant with a reported incidence of ~1% (range 0.2-2.4%) ¹.

It is almost always asymptomatic although some cases reported dorsal hindfoot pain with a bump ⁴.

os supranaviculare is also anatomically seen in close proximity to the superior margin of the navicular and is often mistaken as os supratalare
os talotibiale
avulsion fracture

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