Unusual formation of the median nerve associated with the third head of biceps brachii
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2012Author
Ongeti, Kevin
Pulei, Anne
Ogeng'o, Julius A
Saidi, Hassan
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Unilateral variations in the formation of the median nerve, with the presence
of the third head of the biceps brachii entrapping the nerve are very rare.
These variations were observed on the right side, of a 30-year-old male
cadaver during routine dissection at the Department of Human Anatomy, University
of Nairobi. The median nerve was formed by the union of three contributions;
two from the lateral cord and one from the medial cord. An additional
head of the biceps brachii looped over the formed median nerve. On the left
side, the median nerve was formed classically by single contributions from the
medial and the lateral cords. These variations are clinically important because
symptoms of high median nerve compression arising from similar formations
are often confused with more common causes such as radiculopathy and carpal
tunnel syndrome
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http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11199http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22271516
Citation
Clinical Anatomy 25:961–962 (2012)Publisher
Department of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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