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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2021

Anomalous plantar intrinsic foot muscle attaching to the medial longitudinal arch: possible mechanism for medial nerve entrapment: a case report.

R Claire Aland, Alana C Sharp

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

R Claire AlandSchool of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Alana C SharpInstitute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. alana.sharp@liverpool.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-5335
The University of Queensland · AUUniversity of Liverpool · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMuscular variations are potentially symptomatic and may complicate imaging interpretation. Intrinsic foot musculature and extrinsic tendon insertion variations are common. Distinct supernumerary muscles are rare. We report a novel anomalous intrinsic foot muscle on the medial longitudinal arch. CASE PRESENTATION: An accessory muscle was encountered on the medial arch of the right foot of a 78-year-old white male cadaver, between layers two and three of the foot intrinsics. It did not appear to be a slip or variant of a known foot muscle. This muscle consisted of two slips that ran transversely on the plantar aspect of the medial arch, crossing the medial transverse tarsal joint and attaching to the tuberosity of the navicular, the short and long plantar ligaments, and spring ligament.

conclusionsThe medial plantar vessels and nerve passed from deep to superficial between the two slips, and this suggests a possible location for medial nerve entrapment.

Indexed as

FootNerve Compression SyndromesAgedCadaverHumansLigaments, ArticularMaleMuscle, SkeletalAnatomical variationCase reportMedial longitudinal archMedial nerve entrapmentPlantar intrinsic muscle

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PMID33579363
PMCPMC7881485
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