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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Magnetic resonance imaging findings in bipartite medial cuneiform – a potential pitfall in diagnosis of midfoot injuries: a case series | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Magnetic resonance imaging findings in bipartite medial cuneiform - a potential pitfall in diagnosis of midfoot injuries a case series Ilan Elias 1 Sachin Dheer2 Adam C Zoga2 Steven M Raikin1 and William B Morrison2 Address Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Rothman Institute Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 925 Chestnut Street Philadelphia PA 19107 USA and 2Department of Radiology Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 132 S. 10th St. Suite 1079a Philadelphia PA USA Email Ilan Elias - ilanelias@ Sachin Dheer - sachdheer@ Adam C Zoga - Steven M Raikin - William B Morrison - Corresponding author Published 13 August 2008 Received 2 November 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 272 doi l752-l947-2-272 Accepted 13 August 2008 This article is available from http content 2 l 272 2008 Elias et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction The bipartite medial cuneiform is an uncommon developmental osseous variant in the midfoot. To our knowledge Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI characteristics of a non-symptomatic bipartite medial cuneiform have not been described in the orthopaedic literature. It is important for orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeons musculoskeletal radiologists and for podiatrists to identify this osseous variant as it may be mistakenly diagnosed as a fracture or not recognized as a source of non-traumatic or traumatic foot pain which may sometimes even require surgical treatment. Case presentations In this report we describe the .