Case Report

Contrahentes digitorum muscle

  1. R. Shane Tubbs1,*,
  2. E. George Salter1,
  3. W. Jerry Oakes2

Article first published online: 26 SEP 2005

DOI: 10.1002/ca.20157

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Clinical Anatomy

Clinical Anatomy

Volume 18, Issue 8, pages 606–608, November 2005

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Tubbs, R. S., Salter, E. G. and Oakes, W. J. (2005), Contrahentes digitorum muscle. Clin. Anat., 18: 606–608. doi: 10.1002/ca.20157

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  1. 1

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

  2. 2

    Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama

*Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, Birmingham, AL 35233

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 OCT 2005
  2. Article first published online: 26 SEP 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 2 FEB 2005
  4. Manuscript Revised: 20 JAN 2005
  5. Manuscript Received: 12 NOV 2004

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Keywords:

  • hand;
  • atavistic;
  • variation;
  • adductor pollicis

Abstract

Variations of the adductor pollicis muscle of the hand are seemingly rare. We describe an unusual finding of this muscle made during the routine dissection of a cadaveric hand as part of our medical school's gross anatomy course. We believe this case report represents persistence of a portion of the contrahentes digitorum in a human hand. As muscle variations may compress the median nerve while in the carpal tunnel, the clinician should be aware of such a variation. Clin. Anat. 18:606–608, 2005. © 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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