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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A rare association of deformities with diplopodia, aplasia of the tibia and double fibula: A case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access A rare association of deformities with diplopodia aplasia of the tibia and double fibula A case report Shah Alam Khan Ashok Kumar and Manish Kumar Varhney Address Department of Orthopaedics All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi-110029 India Email Shah Alam Khan - shahalamkhan@ Ashok Kumar - ashok_k73@ Manish Kumar Varhney - drmkvarshney@ Corresponding author Published 7 April 2008 Received 14 June 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 102 doi 1752-1947-2-102 Accepted 7 April 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 102 2008 Khan et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction The association of fibular duplication with metatarsal diplopodia is extremely rare with only a few cases reported in the medical literature. Case presentation We present a 4-month-old girl with left tibial agenesis with fibular duplication mirror foot and metatarsal diplopodia. Conclusion The case report highlights the need for an understanding of this rare congenital anomaly which may be seen only once in the working lifetime of an orthopaedic surgeon. Introduction Diplopodia which is an accessory tarsal or metatarsal bone with double fibula is an extremely rare condition. It has to be differentiated from polydactyly where accessory tarsal or metatarsal bones are not seen and is a relatively innocuous condition both in terms of diagnosis and management. Case presentation A four-month-old female child with deformity of her left leg and seven toes on her left foot was brought to the clinic by her parents. She was their first child and .