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Medial & Lateral Plantar Nerves, Baxter's Neuropathy, Sural Nerve

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On this image, we, uh, see the, uh, uh, nerves,

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the, the muscles innovated by the mul, uh,

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plantar nerve in yellow

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and the lateral plantar nerve in, uh, red.

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At, in this location the mule

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and lateral plantar nerves are still close to each other,

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but the, quite, quite quickly.

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The lateral, uh, plantar nerve will give off a branch.

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The Baxter nerve, which will make a 90 degree turn

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and, uh, will, uh, go innerate the, uh,

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abductor digi MiniMe muscle.

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Uh, here at the, uh, midfoot on this coronal image,

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now we are more distal.

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So the meal and lateral plantar nerves have clearly

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separated and they're separated

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by this flexor digger brevis muscle.

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And in that location,

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the meal plantar nerve can become entrapped by the, uh,

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cross the anatomic crossover

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between the flexor holis longus, uh,

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and the flexor de degener, uh, uh, longest tendons.

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And this, uh, is also called jogger's foot.

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And the patient pre, uh, present with arch pain

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and numbness at the medial plantar aspect of the foot.

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This is a patient who had 10 synovitis at this master knot,

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Henry at the crossover between the two tendons

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and had some denervation, uh, edema in the abductor lysis

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and flexor digitorum brevis muscles.

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So in the territory of the medial plantar nerve,

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if there is entrapment more distally, then there's only two

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or remaining muscles that are innervated by the, uh,

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medial plantar nerve.

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We have the, uh, flexor lysis previs,

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and the first lumbar call Baxter's neuropathy is something

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that we see quite frequently.

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And so this happens when the, uh, inferior calcaneal nerve

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or baxter's nerve makes a, a sharp,

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90 degree turn towards the abductor Gigi MiniMe,

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and it can become entrapped.

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If there's a prominent G canal spur

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or there's a, uh, fasciitis, it can irritate the nerve

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and cause ation changes in the, uh, muscle.

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Like you can see here, there's a little bit

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of fatty atrophy.

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The sal nerve is a, uh, per purely sensory, uh, nerve

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formed, uh, from a branch, branch by the, the temporal nerve

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and the common penal nerve.

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It'll, uh, co in the calf, uh, lateral

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to the achilles tendon

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as you can usually find it quite easily, uh, posterior

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to the peral tendons

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and more distally it'll be inferior to the perineal tendons.

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So this will supply sensation to the lateral aspect

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of the ankle and foot in a narrow band.

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Uh, usually it can be, uh,

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it can be entrapped if there's significant, uh,

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achilles tendinopathy, peral tendon, uh,

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peral tendon pathology, uh, or um, injuries

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To the fifth metatarsal.

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So in summary, uh, we looked at, uh, the, uh,

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three major motor nerves, uh, of the lower extremity,

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the femoral nerve, uh, which supplies the ilio SOAs, uh,

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muscle proximally

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and the quap sartorius muscle more distally.

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The opterator nerve, uh,

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which supplies the adductor musculature

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and the gracilis, uh, musculature

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more approximately also supplies the adductor brevis

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and the opterator ex sternness muscles.

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The sciatic nerve, which will supply, uh,

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all the hamstring muscles and will supply motor

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and sensation below the, the knee except for, um,

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sensation to the medial lower leg, which is supplied

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by the ous nerve branch of the femoral nerve at the ankle.

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We can, uh, see here the tibial nerve,

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which will enter the tarsal tunnel

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where it's susceptible to being entrapped.

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It will, uh, trifurcate into medial

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and lateral plantar nerves

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and medial calcaneal branch, the saphenous nerve,

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which is subcutaneous

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and, uh, sensory branch from the femoral nerve.

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The deep perennial nerve,

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which can be entrapped at the interoral tunnel

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and will supply sensation to the dorsal first web space

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and, uh, mortar, uh, to the, uh, motor ov

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to the extensor dig arm.

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Brevis, uh, muscle, the superficial perineal nerve, uh,

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which supply the perineal longus

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and brevis muscle more approximately

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but distally when it, uh, it becomes superficial

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and is only sensory to the dorsal aspect of the foot.

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And, uh, finally the sural nerve

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that co courses in close proximity to the achilles tendon

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and also, uh, very close to the peral tendons, more distally

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and can be affected by pathologies of these tendons.

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So this is the end of my, uh, talk

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and thank you for your attention.

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Faculty

Donald Resnick, MD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiology

University of California, San Diego

Rodrigo Aguiar, MD, PhD

Professor of Radiology

Federal University of Paraná - Brazil

Mini N. Pathria, MD, FRCP(C)

Division Chief, Musculoskeletal Imaging

University of California San Diego

Evelyne Fliszar, MD

Professor of Clinical Radiology

UC San Diego

Karen Chen, MD

MSK Radiologist

VA Healthcare System, San Diego

Tags

Musculoskeletal (MSK)

MRI

Knee

Hip & Thigh

Foot & Ankle