An anomalous muscle mimicking a dorso-radial ganglion as a cause of radial wrist pain.
We report an abnormal muscle on the radial aspect of the wrist, which presented clinically as a ganglion and radial wrist pain. Existence of muscles in the first compartment has been accounted earlier, however its atypical presentation advocates its inclusion in the differential diagnosis of a dorso-radial ganglion and wrist pain.
Imran
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK. surgeonimran@yahoo.co.uk
Avarmidis
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Attar
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D000368:Aged; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D045888:Ganglion Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000473:pathology*