Sternalis muscle revisted in South Indian male cadaver: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Sternalis/rectus sternalis is a rare muscle found in the chest wall. Only 3-5% of the cases are found world wide. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report the case of Sternalis in the 60-year-old South Indian male cadaver. This report discusses the origin, orientation, relations of this muscl...

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Autores principales: Bhat, Kumar MR, Potu, Bhagath Kumar, Gowda, Siddaraju
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
Materias:
Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829786
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6318
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Sternalis/rectus sternalis is a rare muscle found in the chest wall. Only 3-5% of the cases are found world wide. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report the case of Sternalis in the 60-year-old South Indian male cadaver. This report discusses the origin, orientation, relations of this muscle. CONCLUSION: Importance of the knowledge of the presence of these rare muscles in clinical diagnosis and therapeutic implications is discussed.

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