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Peroneus Quartus Muscle: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

1999; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 20; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/107110079902001009

1944-7876

Marco Trono, Serge Tueche, Christian Quintart, M Libotte, JeanMarie Baillon,

Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies

The peroneus quartus is a supernumerary muscle of the lateral compartment of the lower leg. There are several variations of this accessory muscle, and its terminology is very confusing. The peroneus quartus is found with a frequency varying from 10 to 21.7% of observed individuals. 4 , 17 It is rarely involved in pathologic processes of the foot and ankle. Only a few reports exist in the literature involving peroneus quartus in a “retromalleolar conflict” (lateral ankle stenosis 17 ), sometimes in association with longitudinal attrition and tears of the peroneus brevis. We present a novel case, together with a review of the clinical, anatomic, and radiologic references about this muscle, and we try to make order in classification and terminology of its different forms.