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Os vesalianum pedis

Last revised by Bahman Rasuli ◉ on 30 Dec 2022

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Citation:

Mudgal P, Rasuli B, Hacking C, et al. Os vesalianum pedis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 22 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-27554

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-27554

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/27554

rID:

27554

Article created:

7 Feb 2014, Prashant Mudgal

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Prashant Mudgal had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

30 Dec 2022, Bahman Rasuli ◉

Disclosures:

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

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21 times, by 13 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Sections:

Anatomy

Tags:

pm, ossicle, variant, refs, cases, foot

Synonyms:

Os vesalianum of the foot
OVP

An os vesalianum pedis is an accessory ossicle of the foot. Although asymptomatic, it may become symptomatic occasionally, causing lateral foot pain and requiring surgical excision ².

Gross anatomy

It is formed as a result of failed fusion of the secondary ossification center of the metatarsal. It is situated at the base of the fifth metatarsal in the peroneus brevis tendon ¹.

Differential diagnosis

in children it should be differentiated from the apophysis of the fifth metatarsal
base of the fifth metatarsal fracture
os peroneum
Iselin disease
Jones fracture
stress fractures

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