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A case of bilateral anomalous arterial supply of the lower limb is presented. 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 tibialis anterior and the extensor hallucis longus muscles and terminated after giving numerous muscular and fascial branches. The dorsalis pedis arteries originated from the peroneal arteries. The peroneal arteries reached the anterior compartment by piercing the interosseous membrane at its lower part and ran as the dorsalis pedis arteries. Awareness of the anatomical variations in anatomy of the distal popliteal artery is important for angiographers, vascular surgeons and reconstructive surgeons who operate upon these regions.
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Un cas de vascularisation artérielle anormale bilatérale du membre inférieur est présenté. Dans ce cas les deux aa. tibiales antérieures étaient hypoplasiques. Elles gagnaient la loge antérieure de la jambe en traversant la partie haute de la membrane interosseuse. Elles passaient entre les mm. tibial antérieur et long extenseur de l'hallux et se terminait en donnant de nombreuses branches musculaires et fasciales. Les aa. dorsales du pied naissaient des aa. fibulaires. Les aa. fibulaires gagnaient la loge antérieure de la jambe en traversant la partie basse de la membrane interosseuse et avaient ensuite le trajet normal des aa. dorsales du pied. La connaissance des variations anatomiques de la partie distale de l'a. poplitée est importante pour les radiologues pratiquant l'angiographie, les chirurgiens vasculaires et les chirurgiens reconstructifs opérant dans ces régions.
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Tuncel, M., Maral, T., Çelik, H. et al. A case of bilateral anomalous origin for dorsalis pedis arteries (anomalous dorsalis pedis arteries). Surg Radiol Anat 16, 319–323 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01627691
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