Extensor Digitorum Brevis Manus Muscle - A Diagnostic Red Herring

Extensor digitorum brevis muscle is an atavistic muscle occurring rarely in the dorsum of hand. The anomaly is so rare that it is usually diagnosed as a ganglion. In the case presented one hand was explored and the presence of the muscle on the other side was confirmed by electromyography.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vinay K Tewari, Pradeep Tandon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 1995-04-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1775698