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Case Reports
. 1981;11(3):157-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF00971820.

Unilateral absence of thigh muscles confirmed by CT scan

J E Peterson, G Currarino
Case Reports

Unilateral absence of thigh muscles confirmed by CT scan

J E Peterson et al. Pediatr Radiol. 1981.

Abstract

A 5-month-old infant is presented with congenital absence of a group of muscles of the right thigh including the three adductors, gracilis, semimembranosus and semitendinosus. The diagnosis was suspected from the conventional radiographs and was confirmed by computerized tomography.

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