Open AccessArticulating Os Intermetatarsium with painful ganglion cyst
Author(s) -
Celestie Yaacoub,
Ahmad Kanj,
Malak Eljebai,
Georges Rouhana,
Ali Kanj
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical science and discovery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2148-6832
DOI - 10.36472/msd.v8i5.546
Subject(s) - medicine , ganglion cyst , asymptomatic , dorsum , anatomy , cyst , ganglion , foot (prosody) , ankle , synovial cyst , surgery , linguistics , philosophy
Objective: Sesamoid and accessory bones are commonly found in the foot and ankle with varying incidence. The Os intermetatarsium, located between the medial cuneiform and the base of the first and second metatarsal, occurs rarely and is frequently asymptomatic. Few symptomatic cases of this condition are reported in the literature. The development of synovial ganglion cyst over an os intermetatarsium is a more occasional finding not clearly reported in the literature.
Case: Here we report the case of a 22 year old female presenting with pain and localized swelling in the dorsum of the midfoot who was found to have a ganglion cyst emerging from an articulating os intermetatarsium.
Conclusion: Although not a common entity, an Os intermetarsium, with its associated complications, can be one of the causes of dorsal foot pain.