During dissection classes in 2003 in the Department of Anatomy at Ege University Faculty of Medicine, an unexpected variation
of the insertion of the tibialis anterior tendon was determined on the right side of a formalin-fixed cadaver of a 40-year-old
man without any trace of scars, adhesions or signs of trauma or operation. The insertion of the tibialis anterior tendon was
very abnormal, not on the medial side of the foot but on the lateral side. The tibialis anterior is an important muscle because
of its function and use in tendon transfer as a treatment of recurrent congenital clubfoot and paralytic equinovarus foot
deformities in cerebral palsy and arthroscopy, as discussed herein.
Key words superficial fibular (peroneal) nerve - tibialis anterior tendon - variation