Authors: Maria Giuseppina Onesti; Francesco Gargano; Cristina Spalvieri

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Volume 37, Number 6, December 2003 , pp. 379-381(3)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

The extensor digitorum brevis manus is an uncommon muscle on the dorsum of the hand and can be misdiagnosed, particularly when associated with other clinical conditions such as neurofibromatosis type 1. To our knowledge the two clinical pictures have never been described together. The aim of our report is to increase the clinician's familiarity with these combined conditions, to investigate the available diagnostic tools, and to achieve a correct diagnosis.

Keywords: extensor digitorum brevis manus muscle; anomalous extensors; neurofibromatosis type 1

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02844310310007854

Publication date: 2003-12-01

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