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Case Reports
. 2012:5:59-62.
doi: 10.4137/CMAMD.S8443. Epub 2012 Jun 25.

Bilateral congenital absence of flexor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis brevis muscles with bilateral thenar atrophy: a case report

Kenan Koca  1 , Safak Ekinci, Tolga Ege, Selahattin Ozyurek, Mustafa Kurklu, Bilal Battal, Mustafa Basbozkurt
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Bilateral congenital absence of flexor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis brevis muscles with bilateral thenar atrophy: a case report

Kenan Koca et al. Clin Med Insights Arthritis Musculoskelet Disord. 2012.

Abstract

In this paper, we report a case of a 23-year-old male patient with bilateral absence of the flexor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis brevis muscles with an intact functioning opponens pollicis and flexor pollicis longus muscles with bilateral thenar atrophy due to its rarity. All physical, neurological, ultrasonographic, direct radiographic, electromyographic and MRI studies were used to confirm and document this congenital anomaly.

Keywords: abductor pollicis brevis; flexor pollicis brevis; hand; thenar atrophy.

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Patient with bilateral thenar atrophy.
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Patient with bilateral thenar atrophy.
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MRI coronal image shows abductor pollicis brevis muscle agenesis.
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MRI axial image shows flexor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis brevis agenesis.
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