title: A coexisting anatomical variation of median and ulnar nerves in a cadaver palm.
abstract: During a routine dissection we observed an anatomical variation of the median  nerve and an atypical anastomosis in the palm region of a male cadaver. There  were four distinct recurrent motor branches of the left median nerve, and the  palmar cutaneous branch of the ulnar nerve communicated directly with the  third common palmar digital nerve. The presence of such an anatomical variant  in the hand should keep surgeons alert in the management of hand pathology  especially in carpal tunnel syndrome, which is a routine operation for many  medical centres.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. natsis@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Natsis
authors.forename: M Th
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Karanassos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papathanasiou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noussios
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002102:Cadaver; D004210:Dissection; D006225:Hand / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology