ISSN: 1300-0292
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A Rare Muscular Variation: The Occipito-scapularis Muscle: Case Report
Ragıba ZAĞYAPAN, MD, a Can PELİN MD, a Nüket MAS, MDb
a Department of Anatomy, Başkent University, Faculty of Medicine, ANKARA
b Department of Anatomy, Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, AFYON
Classically, it is known that the occipito-scapularis muscle is not present in humans and when present its shape, size or localization. are variable. In the present case, unilateral presence of the occipito-scapularis muscle was determined during routine neck dissection of a 37-year-old male cadaver. This additional muscle originated from the superior angle of the scapula, just between the origins of the levator scapula and the rhomboideus minor muscles. Its fascicles ran parallel to each other superomedially with angles of 40-45° to the midline to insert on the occipital bone, just at the medial part of the superior nuchal line. Since a large number of diagnostic or surgical invasive procedures may be carried out on this region such a variation could be of clinical significance.
In the present case, an unusual occipito-scapularis muscle at the neck region was investigated in a routine dissection, and its relations with the adjacent structures were evaluated.Keywords: Surgical procedure; anatomyTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci 2008, 28:87-90
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