An aberrant deep muscle crossing popliteal fossa and concomitant popliteal vein variation. A review of the related muscle and venous variations

The knowledge about normal anatomy as well as possible variations of the popliteal fossa and its neuro-vascular structures are important for safe surgical dissection and precise imaging diagnostics. The muscular and vascular variations described here were observed during routine anatomical dissection of the left lower limb of a 62-year-old male cadaver. Upon dissecting the deep structures within the lower part of the left posterior thigh...