Anterior interosseous nerve paralysis due to Gantzer's muscle.


Published online: Oct 27 2004

Ilse Degreef, and Luc De Smet.

The University Hospital Pellenberg, Leuven, Belgium.

Abstract

A case of an older female patient with paralysis of the anterior interosseous nerve is reported. During exploration an accessory muscle slip running from the coronoid process of the ulna towards the flexor pollicis longus (Gantzer's muscle) was found compressing the nerve.

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