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Type of Article: Original Research

Year: 2016 | Volume 4 | Issue 3 | Page No. 2513-2517

Date of Publication: 31-07-2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2016.236

PREVALENCE OF PALMARIS LONGUS AGENESIS IN A SEMI URBAN POPULATION: A STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Pabbati Raji Reddy.

Associate Professor, RVM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Medak, Telagana, India.

Address: Dr. Pabbati Raji Reddy, Associate Professor, RVM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Medak, Telagana, India.
E-Mail: pabbatirajireddy@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Palmaris longus is one of the very few muscles of the body which shows a wide variation in position, duplication, slips and can be found reverted. One of the most common variations of this muscle is its agenesis or absence.
Materials and Methods: 200 hundred patients out  of which 100 were males and 100 were females, were included into the study. All the patients were examined for Palmaris longus by the clinical inspection of the volar aspect of the wrist by Schaeffer’s test. If the tendon was found to be absent, the confirmation was done by Mishra’s test I and II, Pushpakumar’s test and Thompson’s test.
Results: Palmaris longus muscle was absent in a total of 18.5% subjects. Out of them males were 10.5%and the females were 8%. 23.8%  subjects out of the males had bilateral agenesis while unilateral agenesis was seen in 76.2% cases.  Among the females, 43.75% had a bilateral agenesis and 56.25% had unilateral agenesis. Most of the agenesis was seen on the non dominant hand.  
Conclusion: Palmaris longus agenesis was seen in 18.5% of the cases overall, concluding that it is very prevalent in our geographical region.
Keywords: Palmaris longus, agenesis, Incidence.

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Pabbati Raji Reddy. PREVALENCE OF PALMARIS LONGUS AGENESIS IN A SEMI URBAN POPULATION: A STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL. Int J Anat Res 2016;4(3):2531-2517. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2016.236