ÖZLEM ELVAN, ORHAN BEGER, ZELİHA KURTOĞLU OLGUNUS

Unusually located inferior lateral genicular artery and an abnormally attached soleus with the absence of plantaris muscle

In this report, two male cadavers (ages 54 and 68) are presented with a variative inferior lateral genicular artery passing superficial to the plantaris muscle instead of passing deep to it. A soleus muscle attached to popliteus tendon with the absence of plantaris was encountered in the other extremity of one of these cases. The cases were evaluated regarding clinical and developmental aspects. This case is the first to our knowledge to describe the inferior lateral genicular artery passing superficial to the plantaris. Positional variations of the inferior lateral genicular artery should be taken into account during radiological assessments to avoid misdiagnosis. The case with soleus attached to the popliteus tendon in the absence of plantaris muscle has not been described previoulsly in the literature.

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