Electronic Physician (Jan 2012)

Variation of the latissimus dorsi muscle: a case report

  • Shabnam Mohammadi,
  • Sohyela Jafarpour,
  • Ali Akbar Rajab Zadeh,
  • Fatemeh Alipour,
  • Akram Sadeghi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14661/2012.451-453
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 451 – 453

Abstract

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The latissimus dorsi muscle is used as a muscular flap in head and neck reconstructive surgery. During a routine dissection in our department, we encountered an additional muscular band in the latissimus dorsi on the left side of a male cadaver. This rare muscular variation originated from the latissimus dorsi and inserted into the coracoids process. With regard to important knowledge of such a variation for safe and successful clinical practice, we present a variation of the latissimus dorsi muscle.