Variant of the Anconeus Epitrochlearis Muscle: A Case Report

The anconeus epitrochlearis is a muscle variant sometimes present at the elbow. It is present in up to 34% of individuals and has been implicated in some cases of cubital tunnel syndrome. We report an unusual variant of this muscle with additional proximal attachments in the arm. We will review and...

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Autores principales: Massrey, Chrissie, Iwanaga, Joe, Ishak, Basem, Oskouian, Rod J, Loukas, Marios, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6207165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30410827
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3201
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author Massrey, Chrissie
Iwanaga, Joe
Ishak, Basem
Oskouian, Rod J
Loukas, Marios
Tubbs, R. Shane
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description The anconeus epitrochlearis is a muscle variant sometimes present at the elbow. It is present in up to 34% of individuals and has been implicated in some cases of cubital tunnel syndrome. We report an unusual variant of this muscle with additional proximal attachments in the arm. We will review and discuss the background and the clinical relevance of such a muscle.
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spelling pubmed-62071652018-11-08 Variant of the Anconeus Epitrochlearis Muscle: A Case Report Massrey, Chrissie Iwanaga, Joe Ishak, Basem Oskouian, Rod J Loukas, Marios Tubbs, R. Shane Cureus Pathology The anconeus epitrochlearis is a muscle variant sometimes present at the elbow. It is present in up to 34% of individuals and has been implicated in some cases of cubital tunnel syndrome. We report an unusual variant of this muscle with additional proximal attachments in the arm. We will review and discuss the background and the clinical relevance of such a muscle. Cureus 2018-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6207165/ /pubmed/30410827 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3201 Text en Copyright © 2018, Massrey 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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Massrey, Chrissie
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Oskouian, Rod J
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title_full Variant of the Anconeus Epitrochlearis Muscle: A Case Report
title_fullStr Variant of the Anconeus Epitrochlearis Muscle: A Case Report
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title_short Variant of the Anconeus Epitrochlearis Muscle: A Case Report
title_sort variant of the anconeus epitrochlearis muscle: a case report
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6207165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30410827
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3201
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