Young W, Jiang P, Edelstein Y. Congenital Absence of Tibial Sesamoids, With Alternate Insertions of the Flexor Hallucis Brevis Tendon.
J Foot Ankle Surg 2021;
59:1079-1083. [PMID:
32505726 DOI:
10.1053/j.jfas.2019.11.005]
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Abstract
There have been a dozen case reports of congenital absence of pedal sesamoid absence. We present the first documented case of congenital bilateral absence of tibial sesamoids with use of magnetic resonance imaging to identify a naturally occurring compensatory aberration of the flexor hallucis brevis. The right foot had bifurcation of the flexor hallucis brevis with one slip blending into the abductor hallucis tendon and capsule and the other slip traversing laterally and attaching to lateral flexor hallucis brevis tendon and fibular sesamoid. On the left foot, the entire flexor hallucis brevis traversed laterally and attached onto the fibular sesamoid and lateral flexor hallucis brevis. The present findings of this patient's anatomical variation could help provide valuable information to prevent known deformities that are the sequalae of a tibial sesamoidectomy.
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