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A case report on bilateral absent peroneus tertius muscle in a 70 years old male cadaver


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Articles
Publisher
Ijrrpas
Publishing Date
01-Feb-2013
volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
51-56

During routine dissection for the first MBBS students, we observed that the peroneus tertius was absent on the dorsum of both the feet of a 70 years old, donated embalmed male cadaver in the Department of Anatomy, K. J. Somaiya Medical college, Sion, Mumbai, India. The exposure of the dorsum of the foot was achieved following classical incisions and dissection procedures. All the extensor tendons on the dorsum of the foot were observed. There was no thickening seen on the tendon of extensor digitorum longus going to the little toe. There was no signs of any muscle fibres arising from the lower part of the medial surface of the shaft of the fibula. There was no evidence of presence of peroneus tertius on the dorsum of the left foot. The photographs of the dorsum of the feet were taken for proper documentation and for ready reference. There were no associated neurovascular variations found in the same specimen.