title: Congenital absence of flexor pollicis longus without hypoplasia of the thenar muscles.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. thomasck@gto.net.om
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mathivanan
mesh_terms: 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*