Sesamoids and accessory ossicles of the foot: Anatomical variability and related pathology

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 581-593

  Nwawka, O Kenechi ^a   Hayashi, Daichi ^a,c   Diaz, Luis E ^a,b   Goud, Ajay R ^b   Arndt III, William F ^b   Roemer, Frank W ^a,d   Malguria, Nagina ^b   Guermazi, Ali ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory ossicles; CT; Foot; MRI; Radiography; Sesamoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884585545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-013-0277-1     Document Type: Review

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