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Camptodactyly Caused by Abnormal Insertion and Origin of Lumbrical MuscleFrom the Session of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan Correspondence: Akio Minami MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Kita-15-Jo, Nishi-7-Chome, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060, Japan. A 12-year-old boy had camptodactyly of the little finger. Operative findings revealed an abnormal origin of the lumbrical muscle from the transverse carpal ligament, and abnormal insertion into the tendon sheath of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendon. No similar case has been reported in the literature.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 18, No. 3,
310-311 (1993) |
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