Reversed Palmaris Longus Muscle Causing Volar Forearm Pain and Ulnar Nerve Paresthesia.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jhsa.2016.11.016.
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Abstract
A case of volar forearm pain associated with ulnar nerve paresthesia caused by a reversed palmaris longus muscle is described. The patient, an otherwise healthy 46-year-old male laborer, presented after a previous unsuccessful forearm fasciotomy for complaints of exercise exacerbated pain affecting the volar forearm associated with paresthesia in the ulnar nerve distribution. A second decompressive fasciotomy was performed revealing an anomalous "reversed" palmaris longus, with the muscle belly located distally. Resection of the anomalous muscle was performed with full relief of pain and sensory symptoms.
Medical subject headings
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Paresthesia
- Ulnar Neuropathies
- Upper Extremity Deformities, Congenital
Anatomy
- radius/ulna
- ulna