HSS J.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Tarsal Coalitions: Radiographic, CT, and MR Imaging Findings. Congenital tarsal coalition: multimodality evaluation with em-phasis on CT and MR imaging. The rare cuboid-navicular coalition presenting as chronic foot pain. Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. MRI of tarsal coalition: frequency, distribution, and innovative signs. The relative incidence of tarsal coalition. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports 2018 8: 3-6 (PMID 30740363). Rare Combination of a Cuboid-navicular Tarsal Coalition with a Closed Tibialis Anterior Tendon Rupture: A Case Report and Review of the Litera-ture. Patient data may have been modified to ensure patient anonymity.īerger-GrochJ, Rueger J, Spiro A. Written patient consent for this case was waived by the Editorial Board. Īlthough rare, cubonavicular coalition is an important differential for unexplained chronic foot pain.

Bone marrow oedema is frequently observed in all coalitions. MR then helps to distinguish the different forms: Fibrous coalitions demonstrate loss of the fat plane between the tarsal surfaces with low signal on T1 and T2 weighted sequences Cartilaginous coalitions will also show loss of the fat plane but will have intermediate T2/STIR signal with possible fluid signal change. In non-osseous coalitions, CT is less useful due to the lack of structural change at the articulation.

In osseous coalitions, the fused articulation manifests as boney-bridging on CT and bone marrow contiguity on MRI. The rarer coali-tions’ findings may be non-specific, often necessitating CT or MRI, where standard 3-plane acquisi-tions are usually sufficient. Well documented signs of the more common calcaneonavicular coalition (anteater nose sign) and talocalcaneal coalition (talar beak and C Signs) are still rarely identified. Plain radiograph findings can be subtle and often overlooked, particularly in non-osseous coalitions whose features include subchondral sclerosis, joint space narrowing and unusual articular orienta-tions. Three fundamental variations of coalition exist, based on the bridging tissue’s morphology: osse-ous (synostosis), cartilaginous (syndchondrosis) and fibrous (syndesmosis). Surgical in-terventions range from resection of the coalition to arthrodesis. Ĭonservative management (immobility, orthotics and analgaesia) may be insufficient. It has been described as predominantly asymptomatic with an incidental diagnosis, however, as in this case, it can present with chronic, unremitting pain at rest as well as during activity. Calcaneonavicular and talocalcaneal coalitions account for 90% of cas-es Cubonavicular coalition represents less than 1%, with only a few documented cases. Although often presenting with unilateral symptoms, up to 50% of case are bilateral. Given the lack of documentation in the literature, it is difficult to explain the delayed presentation in this case but we postulate it may due to the time taken to develop associated degenerative changes, as illus-trated by the articular cystic changes. Presentation is often non-specific and delayed until adolescence, when increased mechanical strain or direct impingement of surrounding structures leads to worsening pain. Historically, the estimated prevalence was less than 1%, however recent studies have suggested it could be as high as 11%. Although often congenital, acquired causes include trauma, infection, arthritis and tumours. Tarsal coalition is an abnormal union between two or more tarsal bones and is a rare, but im-portant, cause of chronic foot pain.

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