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An anomalous muscle in the distal half of the arm

Un muscle anormal à la moitié distale du bras

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During dissection an anomalous muscle was found on the medial aspect in the distal half of one left upper extremity. This muscle arose from the humerus between the m. coracobrachialis and the m. brachialis, passed obliquely across the front of the brachial artery and median nerve and blended with the common origin of the forearm flexor muscles. It does not appear to be an additional head of the biceps brachii or the brachialis muscles. The existance of this anomalous muscle should be kept in mind in a patient presenting with a high median nerve palsy together with symptoms of brachial artery compression.

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Au cours d'une dissection, un muscle anormal a été trouvé sur la face médiale de la moitié distale d'un membre supérieur gauche. Ce muscle naissait de l'humérus entre les mm. coraco-brachial et brachial, passait obliquement en avant de l'a. brachiale et du n. médian et fusionnait avec l'origine commune des muscles fléchisseurs de l'avant-bras. Il ne s'agissait pas d'un chef supplémentaire du m. biceps brachial ou du m. brachial. L'existence de ce muscle anormal doit être évoquée chez un patient présentant à la fois une paralysie haute du n. médian et des symptômes de compression de l'a. brachiale.

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Dharap, A. An anomalous muscle in the distal half of the arm. Surg Radiol Anat 16, 97–99 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01627930

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