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Case report: bilateral sternalis muscles with a bilateral pectoralis major anomaly
Author(s) -
O'NEILL M. N.,
FOLANCURRAN J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1469-7580
pISSN - 0021-8782
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1998.19320289.x
Subject(s) - pectoralis major muscle , medicine , breast cancer , radiological weapon , radiology , general surgery , anatomy , cancer
The importance of continuing to record and discuss anatomical anomalies was addressed recently by Hicks & Newell (1997) in the light of technical advances and interventional methods of diagnosis and treatment. Two recent radiological reports (Bradley et al. 1996; Murphy & Nokes, 1996) highlighted the diagnostic dilemma posed by a sternalis muscle in the detection of breast cancer.