RARE VARIANT OF PALMARIS LONGUS - A CASE REPORT

Abstract : Palmaris longus is one of the most variable muscles in the human body. Being one of themost utilised donor site for tendon reconstruction procedures, every reconstructive surgeon should beaware of it. Frequently the muscle may be absent or it may be duplicated , digastric, reversed, entirelymuscular or tendinous. Duplication is one of the rare variations with reported incidence of 0.5 - 5.9percent of the cadaveric arms. We report here, a rare variation of the duplication of Palmaris longus in a cadaver.