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SAGE Publications, Sports Health, 4(5), p. 357-359, 2013

DOI: 10.1177/1941738113482446

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A Rare Cause of Foot Pain With Golf Swing: Symptomatic Os Vesalianum Pedis—A Case Report

Journal article published in 2013 by Massimo Petrera, Tim Dwyer, Darrell J. Ogilvie-Harris
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Abstract

The os vesalianum is an uncommon accessory bone of the foot, located proximally to the base of the fifth metatarsal. It is usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally on radiographs. This is a case of bilateral os vesalianum, symptomatic only in the right foot, in a golf player. After a failed nonoperative treatment, the os vesalianum in the symptomatic foot was excised and the peroneus brevis tendon reattached using a suture anchor. The functional outcome was excellent, and the patient returned to golf 8 weeks after surgery.