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ACCESSORY EXTENSOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE SIMULATING A SOFT TISSUE MASS DURING SURGERY: A CASE REPORT

Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Correspondence to: Dr. Konstantinos Natsis, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box: 300, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel/Fax: (+30) 231-099-9681.

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Efthymia Papathanasiou

Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Nikolas Anastasopoulos

Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218810410004862Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

During a wrist ganglion excision originating at the tendon sheath of the extensor carpi ulnaris muscle, a soft tissue mass was observed just radial and distal to the surgical field. Dissection of the mass revealed an accessory extensor digiti minimi muscle belly which joined the radial extensor digiti minimi tendon. The surgical impact is discussed.

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