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IJAR.2017.459

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Type of Article:  Case Report

Volume 5; Issue 4.3 (December 2017)

Page No.: 4733-4735

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2017.459

EXTRA SLIP OF LATISSIMUS DORSI TENDON AND ITS CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Ritwik Baidya 1, Sushil Kumar *2.

1 Assistant professor, Anatomy division, Department of radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York.

*2 Assistant professor, Anatomy division, Department of radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York.

 

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Sushil Kumar, Assistant Professor, Anatomy division, Department of radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA. E-Mail: sushilbhu2001@yahoo.co.in

Abstract:

A typical muscle variation of latissimus dorsi is observed during routine dissection in the anatomy lab. A fibromuscular slip detached from the anteroinferior border of the muscle cross the brachial plexus and axillary vessels and inserts with the pectoralis major on the lateral lip of the intertubercular sulcus.

KEY WORDS: Axillary arch, Latissimus dorsi, Shoulder muscle, Axilla, Variant.

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Cite this article: Ritwik Baidya, Sushil Kumar. EXTRA SLIP OF LATISSIMUS DORSI TENDON AND ITS CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE. Int J Anat Res 2017;5(4.3):4733-4735. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2017.459