1. Accessory flexor carpi ulnaris: case report and review of the literature
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Michael Khoo, Sherine Dewlett, Ian Pressney, Anastasia Fotiadou, Asif Saifuddin, and Bhavin Upadhyay
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Flexor Carpi Ulnaris ,business.industry ,Accessory muscle ,Hypothenar eminence ,Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,Anatomy ,musculoskeletal system ,medicine.disease ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,body regions ,Muscles of respiration ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Forearm ,medicine ,Ulnar nerve entrapment ,business ,Ulnar nerve ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Most of the accessory muscles of the forearm described in the radiology literature are located either in the radial aspect of the forearm or towards the hypothenar eminence. We present an unusual case of an ulnar-sided distal forearm accessory flexor carpi ulnaris muscle presenting as a “pseudotumour“ demonstrated with both ultrasound and MRI, rarely reported in the current surgical and anatomical literature. Given the location and relation to the ulnar nerve towards Guyon’s canal, the accessory muscle may also predispose to distal ulnar nerve entrapment.
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- 2020
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