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Tibial hemimelia with ‘mirror foot’

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Mirror foot anomalies are extremely rare forms of duplications of toes. They can be associated with several other anomalies such as mirror hands, fibular dimelia, tibial hypoplasia/aplasia or facial deformities. A case of a mirror foot anomaly in association with an extremely rare variant of tibial hemimelia is presented. Other similar cases in the literature and modern theories regarding the aetiology are also presented.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical College Hospital, Kottayam, Kerala, India

    R. M. Jose, A. K. Kamath, S. Vijayaraghavan, S. Varghese, S. R. Nair & U. R. Nandakumar

  2. University Hospital of North Durham, Flat 2, North End, Durham, DH1 5TW, UK

    R. M. Jose

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Jose, R.M., Kamath, A.K., Vijayaraghavan, S. et al. Tibial hemimelia with ‘mirror foot’. Eur J Plast Surg 27, 39–41 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-004-0609-y

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