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Clinically important variations in the lower limb - A case repot.
In this paper, three variations in the lower limb are reported and their clinical importance is discussed. The variations reported include a duplication of the piriformis muscle, the tibial nerve being pierced by the tendon of the plantaris and an additional muscle in the peroneal compartment of the leg
Brief Report - Unusual position of external carotid artery: a case report
The arterial pattern of the human body is one of the systems that show
a large number of variations. Many reports are available regarding
variations of common carotid, external and internal carotid arteries
and branches of external carotid artery. We describe a very rare case
of lateral position of external carotid artery. The external carotid
artery was lateral to the internal carotid artery at the bifurcation of
the common carotid artery. The clinical importance of this variation is
discussed