title: Congenital anomaly of the thumb: absent flexor pollicis longus tendon.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl with congenital loss of flexion in the right thumb was found to have no flexor pollicis longus tendon. All other median-nerve-innervated structures were present and normal.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve; D013710:Tendons / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery