The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 62, Issue 7 1123-1129, Copyright © 1980 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Vascular dysgenesis associated with skeletal dysplasia of the lower limb
DR Hootnick, EM Levinsohn, PA Randall and DS Packard
Three patients who had shortening or absence of the fibula were evaluated
angiographically. An abnormal arterial pattern was found in all of the
dysplastic limbs. This abnormality was characterized by persistence of an
embryonic vascular pattern, absence of one of the normal arteries, and
failure of formation of the plantar arch. In each patient there was a large
posterior artery in the leg, termed the tibialis posterior superficialis.