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- Title
Missing medial tarsal artery replaced by the anterior medial malleolar artery.
- Authors
Da-Yae Choi; Mi-Sun Hur
- Abstract
The present case report describes an unusual variant of a missing medial tarsal artery (MTA) being replaced by the anterior medial malleolar artery (AMMA). The dorsalis pedis artery (DPA) did not give off any branches to the medial foot. The DPA coursed downward in the foot along with the superficial fibular nerve on the foot dorsum at the lateral side of the first metatarsal bone before entering the sole. In the medial malleolus, the AMMA arose from the anterior tibial artery and then ramified several branches, one of which descended to the medial talus. Thus, the possibility of a missing MTA being replaced by the AMMA should be considered by surgeons and radiologists when various surgeries are performed in the medial tarsal area.
- Subjects
TIBIAL arteries; FOOT; ARTERIES
- Publication
Anatomy & Cell Biology, 2022, Vol 55, Issue 4, p504
- ISSN
2093-3665
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.5115/acb.22.191