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Camptodactyly resulting from anatomical variation of lumbrical muscles: imaging findings

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We report three cases of camptodactyly in adolescent patients, presenting with a passive flexion deformity of the fifth finger. Ultrasound findings include aberrant lumbrical insertion and decreased lumbrical size, confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging, and aberrant dynamics. Surgery confirmed these findings in one patient. To the best of our knowledge, these imaging findings have not been reported previously.

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  1. Department of Radiology, ASZ Aalst, Merestraat 80, 9300, Aalst, Belgium

    Alexander Favril, Yannick Goubau & Tjeerd Jager

  2. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Alexander Favril & Filip Vanhoenacker

  3. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, C. Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Filip Vanhoenacker

  4. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Antwerp, Belgium

    Filip Vanhoenacker

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Favril, A., Vanhoenacker, F., Goubau, Y. et al. Camptodactyly resulting from anatomical variation of lumbrical muscles: imaging findings. Skeletal Radiol 48, 2009–2014 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-019-03202-3

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