title: Accessory extensor digiti minimi muscle simulating a soft tissue mass during surgery: a case report.
abstract: During a wrist ganglion excision originating at the tendon sheath of the extensor carpi ulnaris muscle, a soft tissue mass was observed just radial and distal to the surgical field. Dissection of the mass revealed an accessory extensor digiti minimi muscle belly which joined the radial extensor digiti minimi tendon. The surgical impact is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. natsis@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Natsis
authors.forename: Efthymia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papathanasiou
authors.forename: Nikolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Anastasopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D045888:Ganglion Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014953:Wrist / Q000601:surgery*