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