Unilateral absence of thigh muscles confirmed by CT scan.
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.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009132:Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed