The accessory navicular is an extra bone growth usually found on the inside part of the foot, near the navicular bone. It’s not part of a typical bone structure in humans, and therefore, not many ...

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra bones, tiny or substantial, are scattered through the population, quietly ...

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 ...

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.