Frontiers in Pediatrics (Sep 2024)

Massive tarsal coalition with extended tarsometatarsal coalition in a child: a case report

  • Lei Yang,
  • Xiaodong Yang,
  • Jun Jiang,
  • Xueyang Tang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1362142
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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Tarsal coalition refers to the union of two or more tarsal bones, which mostly involves the calcaneonavicular and talocalcaneal joints; it is rarely found in multiple unions or unions extended to the metatarsal bones. Nearly 50% of cases occur bilaterally and can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical. We described a rare case of symmetrically bilateral tarsal coalitions involving all the tarsal bones, except for the medial cuneiform, and extending to the fourth metatarsal bones in a 5-year-old boy. This patient exhibited no obvious symptoms and had not received any further intervention, only regular follow-up. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this type of massive coalition involving the union of six tarsals and one tarsometatarsal bilaterally.

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