Congenital absence of flexor pollicis longus without hypoplasia of the thenar muscles.
We report a rare case of absence of the flexor pollicis longus in a hypoplastic right thumb, without hypoplasia of the thenar muscles in an 11-year-old girl, who was treated by transfer of flexor digitorum superficialis of the ring finger to the thumb to achieve active flexion at the interphalangeal joint of the thumb.
Thomas
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. thomasck@gto.net.om
Mathivanan
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D013709:Tendon Transfer; D013710:Tendons / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities*