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Case Reports

. 2014 Jan 20:2014:bcr2013202786.

doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202786.

Congenital asymptomatic absence of unilateral sternocleidomastoid muscle

Hitendra Prakash Singh¹, Sunil Kumar, Satya Prakash Agarwal

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PMID: 24445852
PMCID: PMC3903026
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202786

Case Reports

Congenital asymptomatic absence of unilateral sternocleidomastoid muscle

Hitendra Prakash Singh et al. BMJ Case Rep. 2014.

. 2014 Jan 20:2014:bcr2013202786.

doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202786.

Authors

Hitendra Prakash Singh¹, Sunil Kumar, Satya Prakash Agarwal

Affiliation

¹ Department of ENT and Head-Neck Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

PMID: 24445852
PMCID: PMC3903026
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202786

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Figure 1
Front view of the neck showing complete absence of sternocleidomastoid muscle on the right side.

Figure 2
Front view of the neck showing normal neck movements.

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1. Bayne SR, Lehman JA, Crow JP. Lung herniation into the neck associated with congenital absence of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. J Pediatr Surg 1997;32:1754–6 - PubMed

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