An accessory extensor tendon of the thumb as a cause of dorsal wrist pain.
An accessory extensor pollicis longus muscle within the third extensor compartment resulted in dorsal wrist pain that resolved following excision of the accessory muscle.
Beatty
J D
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Department of Orthopaedics, Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK. jbeatty@ourflat.demon.co.uk
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013710:Tendons / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities*