title: Bilateral atypical muscles causing acute bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome in recreational climber.
abstract: The occurrence of anomalous muscles in the hand is rare, and therefore the clinician frequently does not account for their existence when reaching the diagnosis and concluding the cause of carpal tunnel syndrome. This case report describes the highly unusual case of the occurrence of bilateral flexor digitorum superficialis muscles in a recreational climber who developed CTS following his intensive training schedule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Erlangen, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany. Frank.Unglaub@uk-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Unglaub
authors.forename: Maya Barbara
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dragu
authors.forename: Raymund E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Horch
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009051:Mountaineering / Q000293:injuries*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000002:abnormalities*