This article is about a condition that evolves as an extra bone in the foot. Up to 2.5% of individuals are born with an extra bone right over the navicular bone in the foot in the middle of the arch.

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra ...

Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...

Accessory navicular bone disorders represent a significant yet frequently under‐diagnosed anomaly in the paediatric foot. The accessory navicular is an extra ossicle located adjacent to the navicular ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical efficacy of modified kidner procedure with tendoscopy in treating painful accessory navicular. METHODS: From February 2014 to April 2019, 19 patients with painful ...

I just recently developed severe pain at the small bump (bone) above my right foot arch. If surgery is only a temporary solution, since the cartilage grows back, what can be done to relieve or prevent ...

A 36-year-old woman requested a physical examination prior to excision of accessory navicular bone on her right foot, detected on MRI. She has no significant past medical history, but for the past 18 ...

This week we are going to discuss tarsal navicular fractures which are most commonly the result of either traumatic injury or repetitive stress with young individuals and athletes demonstrating the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Navicular stress fractures are a relatively common presentation to an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon. Most ...

Navicular fractures can occur in the middle of the foot. They also occur in the wrist, as one of the eight carpal bones at the base of the hand is also known as the scaphoid or navicular bone. A ...