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During our routine dissection studies we encountered an anomalous digastric muscle with three accessory bellies and one fibrous band in one embedded cadaver. All of these structures were attached to the mylohyoid raphe. This anomaly should be considered during surgical procedures involving this region.
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Sarikcioglu, L., Demir, S., Oguz, N. et al. An anomalous digastric muscle with three accessory bellies and one fibrous band. Surg Radiol Anat 20, 453–454 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-998-0453-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-998-0453-z