Anomalous origin of dorsalis pedis artery and its clinical significance

• Main Authors: P Ashwini Aithal (Author), Jyothsna Patil (Author), Melanie R D'Souza (Author), Naveen Kumar (Author), B Satheesha Nayak (Author), Anitha Guru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Arterial variations of the lower limb have been reported in the past. However, we report in here a very unusual variation. During routine dissections, an anomalous origin of the dorsalis pedis artery (DPA) was noted on the right foot of an adult male cadaver. In here, the arteries of the crural regi...