RT Journal Article
T1 An Accessory Abductor Digiti Minimi as Possible Risk Factor of the Median and Ulnar Nerves Compression
A1 Catón Vázquez, Francisco Javier
A1 Martínez Sanz, Elena
A1 Morán Morán, Julio
A1 López Fernández, Pedro
A1 Murillo González, Jorge Alfonso
AB During routine dissection of a left upper limb of a 68-year-old male human cadaver, an unusual muscle was observed originating from the radius and flexor retinaculum, and continued in the hypothenar region with the muscle belly of the abductor digiti minimi. We checked that it was an accessory abductor digiti minimi (ADM). Its muscular belly was in close relation to the median and ulnar nerves. We review the literature regarding such muscle variations and discuss the potential for compression of the median and ulnar nerves. Although the accessory ADM is usually asymptomatic and only rarely results in nerve compression, it should be taken into account by surgeons when establishing a differential diagnosis in the compression neuropathies of the median and ulnar nerves. An ultrasound scanning can help establish the differential diagnosis.
PB SOC CHILENA ANATOMIA
SN 0717-9502
YR 2020
FD 2020-12-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102497
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102497
LA eng
NO Caton J, Martíenz-Sanz E, Morán-Morán J, López-Fernández P, Murillo-González J. An Accessory Abductor Digiti Minimi as Possible Risk Factor of the Median and Ulnar Nerves Compression. Int J Morphol. 2020; 38(6):1555-1559.
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 20 ago 2024