An Unusual Back Muscle Identified Bilaterally: Case Report

Most muscular structures in the human body are named based on their function, origin/insertion, or shape. During routine dissection of the back, an unusual muscle was found deep to the rhomboid muscles. The details of this case and a review of the extant literature are provided.

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Autores principales: Altafulla, Juan J, Patel, Mayank, Tubbs, R. Shane, Iwanaga, Joe, Litvack, Zachary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6093753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30128220
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2816
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author Altafulla, Juan J
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spelling pubmed-60937532018-08-20 An Unusual Back Muscle Identified Bilaterally: Case Report Altafulla, Juan J Patel, Mayank Tubbs, R. Shane Iwanaga, Joe Litvack, Zachary Cureus Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Most muscular structures in the human body are named based on their function, origin/insertion, or shape. During routine dissection of the back, an unusual muscle was found deep to the rhomboid muscles. The details of this case and a review of the extant literature are provided. Cureus 2018-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6093753/ /pubmed/30128220 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2816 Text en Copyright © 2018, Altafulla et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short An Unusual Back Muscle Identified Bilaterally: Case Report
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topic Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6093753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30128220
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2816
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