The Os Paracuneiforme

Rare accessory or inconstant bones of tile foot are usually regarded by surgeons and radiologists L5 collectors’ pieces, often of little more than academic interest. But from time to) tinle such hones cause symptoms requiring surgical treatment. ihe Os j)aracuneiforme, first described by D vight in 1902, is one of tile least common of tile accessory i)ones, and early descriptions of it are rather confused. Although it is always iI1CIU(le(I ill lists of accessory bones I have been able to trace only five recorded examples. Most of the descriptions are b;tsed on radiographic findings alone. In 1924 Carlier olescribed a case in which tile bone was giving rise to symptoms and ilad tt) be rI’IllO\’e(l. Ill the example no ’ recorded the findings ‘ere almost exactly those of Carlier.