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Journal article
Bilateral congenital absence of flexor pollicis longus with thumb hypoplasia and thenar atrophy
- 1. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Employees' State Insurance Corporation Model Hospital, Sector-9A, Gurgaon, Haryana (India)
- 2. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi (India)
- 3. Department of Orthopedics, Employees' State Insurance Corporation Model Hospital, Sector-9A, Gurgaon, Haryana (India)
Description
Congenital absence of flexor pollicis longus with or without associated anomalies of thenar muscles and thumb is of rare occurrence. Inability to flex the interphalangeal joint of the thumb and absent dorsal wrinkles and flexion creases of the thumb are important clues to the diagnosis. Routine radiography and cross-sectional imaging help to confirm and document the condition. This article presents an extremely rare case of bilateral congenital absence of flexor pollicis longus tendon with thumb hypoplasia and thenar atrophy
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.137044; Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126142Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging - New Series (Print)
- Journal Volume
- 24
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 268-270
- ISSN
- 0971-3026
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 47082009
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATROPHY; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DISEASES; NMR IMAGING
- Descriptors DEC
- DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIOLOGY
Optional Information
- Notes
- PMCID: PMC4126142; PMID: 25114390; PUBLISHER-ID: IJRI-24-268; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4126142; Copyright: (c) Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.