The Foot
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 219-221, December 2000

Acquired talo-calcaneal coalition due to injury to the os trigonum

*Specialist Registrar in Orthopaedic Surgery; †Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Musgrave Park Hospital, Orthopaedic Department, Belfast, UK

Abstract 

The os trigonum has been associated with a variety of conditions, most of which result in painful syndromes at the posterior aspect of the ankle joint. An uncommon complication is formation of a talocalcaneal coalition. We present a previously undescribed case of posterior talocalcaneal coalition that resulted after a plantarflexion injury of the os trigonum.

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PII: S0958-2592(00)90630-8

doi:10.1054/foot.2000.0630

The Foot
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 219-221, December 2000

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