Bifid median nerve entrapment by forearm musculature – a case report and systematic literature review

Abstract

We present a 46-year-old man with pain in his left hand caused by entrapment of a bifid median nerve by an accessory belly of the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle in the midforearm. A literature review found this case to be novel.

Keywords

Bifid median nerve entrapment forearm muscle

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