title: Unilateral congenital absence of the calf muscle.
abstract: Congenital absence of muscles is a rare occurrence. We are reporting a 2-year 10-month-old African-American girl with congenital unilateral absence of the muscles of the posterior compartment of the calf suspected by clinical examination and confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: Hospital La Concepcion, San German, Puerto Rico. jmflynn@coqui.net
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: Alberto S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Cornier
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Colon-Negron
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000002:abnormalities*