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Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
A case of bilateral anomalous arterial supply of the lower limb is pre
sented. In this case, both anterior tibial arteries were hypoplastic.
These arteries came to the anterior (extensor) compartment by passing
superiorly through the interosseous membrane. They ran between the tib
ialis anterior and the extensor hallucis longus muscles and terminated
after giving numerous muscular and fascial branches. The dorsalis ped
is arteries originated from the peroneal arteries. The peroneal arteri
es reached the anterior compartment by piercing the interosseous membr
ane at its lower part and ran as the dorsalis pedis arteries. Awarenes
s of the anatomical variations in anatomy of the distal popliteal arte
ry is important for angiographers, vascular surgeons and reconstructiv
e surgeons who operate upon these regions.