Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Plexuses
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Absence of the cutaneous part of the superficial peroneal and the deep peronal nerve and its branch to extensor digitorum brevis has been reported. In this case the nerves were replaced by the saphenous and sural nerves.
In one study of 326 patients, a deep accessory peroneal nerve was found in 61 patients (18.7%), which innervated a part of extensor digitorum brevis muscle of the foot.
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