The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 236-237, December 2009

An anomalous hindfoot insertion of the posterior tibialis tendon

Department of Orthopaedics, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW, UK

Received 12 October 2008; received in revised form 20 July 2009; accepted 22 July 2009.

Abstract 

The posterior tibialis tendon has numerous insertions but none into the hindfoot has ever been reported in the literature. We present the operative and histological findings of an anomalous insertion slip into the sustentaculum tali in an adult patient with flatfoot deformity.

Keywords: Tibialis posterior, Anomalous insertion

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PII: S0958-2592(09)00058-3

doi:10.1016/j.foot.2009.07.004

The Foot
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 236-237, December 2009